The touchpad or trackpad on a laptop keyboard is convenient to use when you're on the road or sitting in a tight space. Those tiny tables in coffee shops and airports don't leave a lot of room for a ...

Few experiences in life are more infuriating than finding that you've typed four kinds of gibberish because you brushed your touchpad, moving the cursor as you worked. You have a few options: Toss ...

Q: My main computer is a laptop, and it has a built-in touchpad. However, I prefer my wireless mouse, and the touchpad has become a major nuisance. Every time my hand accidentally brushes over the pad ...

Your laptop's touchpad is a convenient substitute for carrying a mouse, but it can easily get in the way of typing. Brush it with your hand, and you can find that the cursor has moved, resulting in ...

Recently two of my relatives complained of the same maddening problem: They’d be typing along on their laptops when suddenly the cursor would jump, resulting in garbled text or even an unwanted ...

OK, I'm stumped. I have an elderly Vaio laptop with an Alps touchpad, Windows 10 Pro. I can't stand touchpads, and I always use a regular mouse. But the touchpad is constantly doing things I don't ...

Learn how to create a shortcut that opens your mouse properties to the dialog that lets you change your touch pad's settings. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for ...

This program was designed to stop you from accidentally hitting your laptop/netbook's trackpad with your thumbs while you are typing. However, this program didn't really work for me—I still ...

Get tips to revive a dead touchpad or settle down one that's acting skittish on a Windows 10 laptop. Matt Elliott Senior Editor Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and ...