Touchpad disabled

My cat (#$@%!) walked all over my Mac Book Air while I was working on it. It is still working great - pandora still going strong. I can tab around to different windows but I can't doing anything because the touch pad doesn't work except the mouse swirls around without being able to click.
I imagine it was just turned off. How do I turn it back on?

Reset your settings in System Preferences > Trackpad

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hi
İ am same ploblem in my t61 do you have any idea or have you resolved this problem
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Ok, I had a chance to take a look at my ThinkPad, I haven't touched it in a few weeks , but today I found it. Try this.
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Not a fix, but as workaround you could add "xinput enable 12" to the kde autostart on "System settings -> Start & Shutdown [system administration section] -> add program"
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How do I permanently disable the touchpad on Probook 4525s?

How do I permanently disable the touchpad on Probook 4525s? I can uninstall the driver in Control Panel, but on the next boot, it's back on again. I use a usb mouse and the touchpad is simply in the way when I'm typing.
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Hi PoohBear!
There are a couple of options depending on your OS and your TouchPad version.
The very best option, should it be available to you is the following:
Newer Drivers (at least the V16.x) have the ability to turn off the TouchPad / Click pad with a setting on the main "Settings" page when a USB mouse is being used. This is a very nice feature.
Control Panel > icon view > Mouse > TouchPad [ClickPad] Settings >
CHECK "Disable internal pointing device when external USB pointing device is attached"
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CHECK "Animated tray icon in Taskbar" >
and make sure you have your Taskbar notifications set so you can actually see the Mouse notice.
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An Alternate method that may work with an older driver should the better option not be available:
Control Panel > icon view > Mouse > TouchPad [ClickPad] Settings >
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CHECK "Double Tap to Enable / Disable TouchPad"
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CHECK "Switch the TouchPad OFF"
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OK
NOTE If this alternate option is available, it is fine, unless something goes awry. You could get stuck without your USB mouse AND without a means to get back into the setting to switch on the TouchPad. I do not know whether I would use this setting.
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I hope this helps!
Kind Regards,
Dragon-Fur

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