Stuck cursor on laptop -- HELP (again)

I got such prompt service from SportsJournalists.com Nation on my iPod issue, I figured I'd try this again.

My wife was using my laptop the other day and reported a frozen cursor. Things like this only happen when someone else is using computers; my desktop hard drive crashed when I was on the road, my wife's had printer issues when I've been on the road, etc.

How do you unfreeze the cursor on the touchpad? Is there some kind of button/command that does this? Or am I relegated to buying a wireless mouse? ??? ???

 

I usually just hit the touch pad really hard and it unsticks.

 

Lift that directly from the user manual?

 

Yeah. It's probably the reason my mouse sticks.

 

Did you try putting it in the microwave?

 

Sorry...that was a bad one

 

It is a good reason as to why to never share your things, though.

 

This thread will not end well.

Always wanted to say that... except on a thread I start.

 

How about if the enter key doesn't work anymore?

 

Smalltaters, new (replacement) keyboards are a heck of a lot cheaper than new laptops, it's maybe a five-minute job to install, and I've been able to find one for every make of laptop I've ever used.

Birdscribe, I think they also make replacement touchpads, but I've (fortunately) never had to mess with one of them. Good luck.

 

Would I need a new mouse, too? The one on the keyboard works just fine.

 

If it's built into the middle of the keyboard, a replacement should have the same thing. But if you have a touchpad or pointer that's separate from the keypad itself, no worries. Pop the lid, take the old board out, connect the ribbon on the new one, put it into place, and you're good to go. I've had to do this for both the piece-o-crap CTX I used to have and the Gateway I'm using now.


Here's the (replacement) keyboard I'm typing on right now. Except that I got mine for a heck of a lot less than the $75 this place was asking...