Reply to post: "I accidentally disabled mouse and enabled touchpad"

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@Argentum said:

Is there a button on your keyboard that allows you to disable/enable your trackpad? 

I've seen other forums mention a button on the top row, but I have no button that is marked as such. I tried every button - with and without holding down the Fn key. No luck.
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@Argentum said:

...try looking into Device Manager and enabling/disabling through there.

In Device Manager, I was not given the option of enabling or disabling anything related to the mouse. Once again, other forums also suggested that method.

In my random poking and prodding, I was able to disable both the mouse AND touchpad simultaneously. A very unfunny situation and probably not bullet-proof coding by MS.

I tried a shutdown using the power button, but that did not remediate.

I was eventually able to restore my normal setup (mouse but no touchpad). My memory is not reliable, but I think I might have done something useful by pressing the arrow keys. 

I'm sorry I'm not able to add to the group knowledge.

Thanks