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Karlee -- If the first suggestion doesn't do any good, you may want to go into Device Manager and locate the touchpad and try to update the drivers. If you don't know how to go to Device Manager, in Win 7, just click the Start Menu and type device manager in the text box in the start menu. If you have Win XP, then right-click on My Computer select Properties and then select Hardware tab. There will be a button for Device Manager there. Once you have Device Manager open, locate the touchpad. It will be listed under "Mice and Other Pointing Devices" On my HP Laptop, its called "Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad" Right click on it, and you will see the properties for it. There will be several tabs -- General, Driver, Details, and Resources tabs. On General -- you will see Device Status. Make sure it says "working properly" On Driver -- You will see the Driver information (on the top) and then Driver Details button, Update Driver, and Uninstall. You might try to Update the Driver from here, but I've not had much luck with this working all that well for other devices that I've had trouble with. I'd give it a shot though. If you select Uninstall -- many on-board items will auto-reinstall upon reboot. Before you do this, you might want to do a internet search for your particular touchpad to see if it will auto-re-install. If it won't reinstall automatically, I would probably not uninstall it. You could also go to the website of the manufacturer of the touch pad and download the drivers. That way if you do uninstall it, if it doesn't auto reinstall, you would at least have the drivers to install on your own. I had problems with my touch pad on my Lenovo Netbook & mine was actually an issue with the motherboard -- I had to send my netbook back to Lenovo and they had to replace the whole motherboard. They tried to just replace the touchpad and that didn't work -- I hope this isn't your issue b/c my netbook was getting fixed for like 2 weeks. Lastly -- I did a quick web search and I found the following helpful hint related to another Dell laptop use who was having touchpad issues. You might even give this a try before the other things I mentioned. Reboot your laptop and while its booting up, before it goes to Windows - Press F2 to go into the BIOS. Press Alt-P until you reach "Page 4 of 7". Under "Pointing Device" change the setting from "PS/2-Touchpad" to "PS/2". Reboot. The touchpad and point stick will still function as long as there isn't a mouse plugged into the PS/2 port. If the mouse is plugged in, it will override the integrated devices. Sure hope you get it working. I guess you could plus a USB mouse in & use that if it doesn't get any better. If its still under warranty contact Dell. Even if its not under Warranty, you could probably contact them & they might be able to give you specific info for your particular laptop. If you get a minute, update your post with your laptop info - like the model #. Oh - one more thing. When I was having issues with my touchpad, the Lenovo support rep had me remove the battery and unplug it from the power supply. Then let it sit for at least 30 seconds. Then, put the battery back in & plug it back in and reboot it -- See if the touchpad works. This actually made my touchpad work, but only for a day or so - then, like I said, they had to replace the whole darn motherboard b/c of the issue. Hope this helps