Is Your Touchpad Driver Not Working on Windows? Try These Fixes!
Drivers allow your operating system to talk with and understand your peripherals and other hardware components. If a device driver fails to function properly, you will experience issues with the affected hardware, such as your mouse, keyboard, or touchpad.
Recently, several users reported that their touchpad driver doesn’t work after upgrading to the latest Windows version. The issue can be caused by several reasons, such as minor glitches within the system and incompatible drivers.
So, if you’re experiencing this issue, follow the different methods below to fix this problem on your Windows PC. You can follow all steps to ensure a fix or pick the method that fits your situation best.
1. Update the Driver
Incompatibility between the system and the touchpad driver is the most common cause of failures. This is why we recommend updating the driver via the Device Manager utility.
In some cases, updating the I2C HID Device driver fixed the issue in no time. Here is how you can do that:
Hopefully, this will help you fix the touchpad driver issue. Alternatively, if you do not have an updated driver version on your computer already, you can head over to the manufacturer’s official website and download the latest version from there.
Then, you can chooseBrowse my computer for drivers>Let me pick from a list of available driverson my computerand install the latest downloaded driver version.
2. Uninstall Any Updates
Since the issue can also be caused after installing system updates, you can also try uninstalling the update to fix the problem.
In this method, we will use the Control Panel to uninstall the update. Here’s how:
In case you started facing the issue after upgrading to Windows 11, you also have the option todowngrade to Windows 10. As this is a major change, we recommend that you proceed with it only when all other troubleshooting methods fail.
Follow these steps to revert to Windows 10:
3. Use the System Restore Option
If you’re uncertain if an update caused the problem, use System Restore to revert your computer to a previous state.
The System Restore utility creates restore points periodically on your system. These restore points are snapshots of your system, usually created before a major change, like installing an app. When you revert to an older system state using these snapshots, your system will return to the condition it was when the restore point was made.
Follow these steps to use the System Restore option:
Once the system has reverted to a previous working state, the touchpad driver issue should be resolved.
4. Change the Touchpad Settings
If the issue started appearing while a USB pointing device was connected to your computer, you might be facing the problem because of a default setting that disables the touchpad when you connect an external device.
If this scenario is applicable, you can change the touchpad settings to resolve the problem:
5. Perform an In-Place Upgrade for Windows
If you have come this far without a solution, then as a final step, you’re able to try to perform an in-place upgrade of Windows. We covered how to do this in our guide onhow to repair a corrupted Windows installation.
You can either reset Windows to its default, error-free state or perform a clean installation. If you choose to reset the Windows, we recommend reinstalling the files from the Microsoft servers by selecting the Cloud Install option instead of Local Install.
Your Windows Touchpad Driver Issues, Resolved
Updates for Windows can sometimes result in system issues rather than improving functionality. Hopefully, the methods listed above will help you easily fix the touchpad driver issue after an upgrade.
If you are not ready to proceed with the repair install options yet, you could contact a Microsoft support representative and report the issue to them. They might be able to check the root cause of the problem for you and suggest a relevant fix.
If you’re using an external mouse with your Windows laptop, the touchpad can become a bit of a nuisance. Luckily, it’s easy to automatically disable the touchpad whenever a mouse is plugged in.
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