Acer Aspire 5532
Scenario: The touchpad on your Acer 5532 laptop is totally unresponsive. You’ve tried practically everything…triple-checking the configuration in your Control Panel, pressing all sorts of key combinations involving ALT, CTRL, and the Function keys, yet nothing works. You even had to resort to a workaround that involved using an external mouse.
Solution: Press the key to the left of the On/Off button. The key has a picture of a finger pressing the touchpad. So simple, so elegant, so little information out there about it.
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Thank you AW designs for help to me fix my problem you are the best. thank you so much. 🙂
I would have saved myself about 2 frustrating hours, if only I had read this blog first. Thank you, it did the trick!
Thank you!!
Thanx so very much for this info on my new Acer laptop!
I COULDNT get the touch pad to work; hense the computer guy. Was charging me $100 for a new mouse to be installed! Even he had no idea of a shut off key!
So thanx again! VALE
Thank you Allison, for your so simple, so elegant tip about the Acer Aspire 5532’s touchpad. Nothing about it, as far as I could see, in the laptop’s own manual. Very grateful that you ended my several hours of frustration.
wow thanku so much, have been tryin for last 3 hours to sort out problem, even had to resort to plug in mouse, dont even know how it happened……
Brilliant, thankyou so much.Problem solved.
I like Acer’s, I’ve had one for a few years. Great tip, it’s always something simple isn’t it!
My Laptop is an Acer Gateway notebook, 10″ and there is no such key near the power button. I go to device manager and it tells me PS2 smart pad driver software not available. I even do the update driver thing, still nothing……
cant seem to get the mouse arrow to move on the screen of my laptop. Tried Fn F7 to unlock the mouse pad, it didnt work. Any other ideas?
WOW!!! So, I have been borrowing my BF’s laptop for two weeks because I was going to get this repaired or buy another and ALL this time…..WOW! Thank you Thank you Thank you.
Thank goodness I decided to do some more research on this thing! Good side of things I got to use a ASUS laptop with the new I -7 technology..pretty cool.
Awesome, I’m glad I was able to help 🙂 Enjoy the i7 processor!!!
Thanks a million. It’s heart-warming to know that, when so much is is commercialized and monetized, there are fine people like you just acting in the common good!
THANK YOU
After racking my brain for 3 hours and having to plug in another mouse, I read this post and finally fixed it. Thank you so much.
THANK YOU! I tried EVERYTHING. So simple!!
Thank you so much! Just wasted 2 hours and then came across this, fixed the problem right away!
Thanks for this tip ! I had the same problem with my ACER Touchpad. Now it’s ok
I tried the switch….it doesn’t work….keyboard works in bios, and usb keyboard/mouse combo works…..have turned the switch off on restart, then touched the switch again…nothing works….
thanks, i wasted time trying to figure out why the failure, i feel like such a idiot.
wow. two computer nerds could not tell me anything about this.
Thanks for this page!
I bought a 5532 with bad motherboard and was told the touch pad didn’t work. But, I expected it to work when I put the new mobo in, but it still didn’ workt. Yesterday, I took it all apart and put in a used touch pad, still no luck. I am at work can’t wait to get home to see if it is this simple
Let us know!
Thank You! I’ve been fussing with this for hours. I burnt my eyes reading tiny type. You fixed me with one simple keystroke. You’re a hero.
Follow up on my post it was just that easy, the original owner was surprised when I showed him it was fixed. These are nice computers I put in the dual core processor got it for $5 on ebay.
So Simple a Fix. Saved me hours research. Glad I found your page. Thanks
I’ve got an Acer and have had so many problems with it since I’ve got it.
Thank you very much!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you again. I have spent the whole evening being frustrated about this matter because this is my daughter’s computer. It’s an Acer Aspire 5517 but your solution worked immediately. I looked up and tried several other solutions but you are the only one with the right answer. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Muito obrigado pela Luz meu amigo, Deus lhe abençoe !
PRIMAVERA BRAZIL so many thanks!….great!
Thanks. That was exactly the trick that I needed! 😀
DUDE.. Thanks!
Thank goodness you posted this. I was just about to junk my machine. This fixed it.
Very Good! Thank you!
Zero $$$ for your time to post this information….a thousand $$$ for knowing what button to push!!!
Thank you for fixing this problem for me. I spent an hour trying to resolve the problem. Listened to 10 YouTube Videos on the problem. They all led me to a dead-end. If I have any more issues I will come here for sure. Thanks. John O.
Thank you very much for this post
Thank you AW…. so simple but important your answer !!!
Thank you.. you saved me from 6 hours stress. God bless..
Wow, such a easy fix lol!
I have a few Acer laptops, from old to very new. Their newest machine uses Fn + F7 to turn the mousepad on and off. What a shame they didn’t keep the little button on the left of the on/off key on all the models. Thanks for your answer for my 5532.
Thanks a million. I was using it with a mouse for past 2 months
fantastic – worked a treat
Thank you so much! I had tried every combination of buttons the internet was telling me that pushing would fix the problem. This was so simple and I wish I’d found it a couple hours ago before I pulled out my hair! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are AWESOME!!!
Thank you worked like a charm, the button next to the off on button, if its orange that means its not working, as soon as i pressed the button the orange unlit and it was working.
thanks man
Thank you so much! I tried every other thing and nothing worked! THANK YOU!!!
Thanks Man. You are Great. It Works
THANKYOU!!! Even after 4 years you still have grateful readers,
Yayyyy!!! I Was Clueless . This Was So Helpful. Thanks Once Again ???
The botton to the left of the start button is also stuck. Whenever I press it, it’s unresponsive. The light stays on, and I’m still unable to use my laptop.
A la madre, intente todo tipo de combinación de teclas para desbloquear, fue tan facil, gracias fue gran ayuda
It worked thank you so much
it worked perfectly well. Thanks for that brilliant information.
I had the pad unlock for a couple of year until I saw this. Luckily it wasn’t my primary computer.
Thanks a lot!
for mine nothing shows like a fingure anywhere on the keyboard yet my touchpad is not working
I have an acer laptop version 1511,windows 10 pro and by , mistake I have locked my touchpad , and I have tried to unlock it by pressing fn + f7 but it is not working so please help me to sort out this problem as fast as you can
and please reply
thank you
Great. So easy. Thank you so much
WOW. Thanks…Now I’ll have a V8…
Your instruction so simple and quick. My touch pad was locked for weeks, I had visited many web sites plus U tube and I couldn’t get the frozen pointer to move with the complicated instructions. Thank you so much for your simple solution.