Starting a few days ago, the touchpad on my HP Pavilion laptop began failing intermittently, usually, as best I can tell, after resuming following locking my system. I am Windows 10, no recent updates, changes, or difference in usage.
When the problem happens, there is no cursor seen on the screen, and the touchpad appears to do nothing at all. If I go to Start/Settings/Devices, Touchpad doesn't even appear in the list.
This problem is described online by multiple reports, but it is never described (as far as I've seen) as a recurring, intermittent issue.
Observations.
The problem is always resolved (so far) by a reboot. But of course that is a pain to do on a regular basis.
When the touchpad works, it works perfectly. Also, if I navigate to Touchpad, I can get to Update Driver but it says the driver is the most current one available, so there is nothing to be updated.
Everything else (keyboard, touchscreen) works all the time. All mouse buttons are integrated into the touchpad, so when it fails, no pointing or clicking (or scrolling) is possible through the mouse/touchpad.
The problem is intermittent, and other than the partial association to locking/resuming the system, I can not detect or predict when or why this problem does or does not occur. And once it spontaneously fails, it does not spontaneously resolve. A reboot is always necessary.
Ideas?
When the problem happens, there is no cursor seen on the screen, and the touchpad appears to do nothing at all. If I go to Start/Settings/Devices, Touchpad doesn't even appear in the list.
This problem is described online by multiple reports, but it is never described (as far as I've seen) as a recurring, intermittent issue.
Observations.
The problem is always resolved (so far) by a reboot. But of course that is a pain to do on a regular basis.
When the touchpad works, it works perfectly. Also, if I navigate to Touchpad, I can get to Update Driver but it says the driver is the most current one available, so there is nothing to be updated.
Everything else (keyboard, touchscreen) works all the time. All mouse buttons are integrated into the touchpad, so when it fails, no pointing or clicking (or scrolling) is possible through the mouse/touchpad.
The problem is intermittent, and other than the partial association to locking/resuming the system, I can not detect or predict when or why this problem does or does not occur. And once it spontaneously fails, it does not spontaneously resolve. A reboot is always necessary.
Ideas?