I need technical help YET AGAIN

[Nephylim]

So... if anyone has been following my recent events you will know that I have somehow acquired a laptop curse.

 

I thought that this was finally resolved when my beautiful brand new Amber arrived and I love her so much... except that now my touchpad slider isn't working

 

OK... the most untechnical ever attemt at explaining what the problem is.

 

The slider will make the pointer go up and down but it won't grab the page and make the page go up and down.

 

I have to use the page slidebar which is a huge pain in the ass

 

Is this something I have to swap laptops for or is it something that I can fix on the computer itself. It was fine when I switched off last night and it wasn't when I switched on this morning.

[Marzipan]

Try shutting it down and taking the battery out for a while then restart. I don't know if that helps any. I have had same troubles in the past with my previous lappy, and it worked then.

[Nephylim]

Well, I twiddled around a bit and found a thingie that said reinstall factory settings and I clicked on the touchpad and it restarted my computer and now it works again.

 

No idea how I did it but I fixed it

 

YAY ME

 

Thanks and hugs to Maria. I will remember to try that if it happens again Coz I am sure that I will never be able to repeat my accidental actions in fixing it this time