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 ...

Though your touchpad is a fixed part of your laptop, your computer treats it partly as an external device. To change your touchpad's settings, you have to access your pad's driver, which manages the ...

Many users who own a laptop or a tablet with a trackpad prefer using an external mouse. The use of this external mouse is undertaken because it boosts productivity. Users are more comfortable and used ...

At times, you may mess up with the settings of the Touchpad – especially when using multi-swipe gestures or 2-finger/3-finger swiping on the touchpad. If you think you may have inadvertently messed up ...

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 ...

Q: I have a Microsoft Surface Pro with a detachable keyboard. I also use a mouse for navigating the screen. My problem is that when I select a point on the screen with the mouse and then go to the ...

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 ...