Thanks..... I can do that. The obvious evades me! Guess I'm preoccupied with the 'not mine' syndrome. mjh n a message dated 11/30/03 9:48:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, lailoken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > mj... have you tried hooking up a mouse to it? > > the touchpad may have been disabled in the BIOS. > > ~s > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Foxhillers@xxxxxxx> > > > : Hi > : At store closing time last night, I got a Circuit city special laptop > for > : a friend. It was on display for three days. HP4530us. > : I charged the battery overnight. > : The system boots up just fine BUT the touchpad does not work and I > can't > : get into Programs using the usual keys to get to the touchpad's operating > : software. > : The usual ctrl-alt-del brings up a dialog box but nothing I've tried > : activates it. > : I am familiar with WIN98se > : It's running XP Home. > : Any help is appreciated. I want to check out this system before I ship it > to > : my friend on Monday so he can give it to his son who deploys for a year to > : the Indian Ocean this coming week. > : MJH > MJH To unsub or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk