Hold down the Win key and hit "i". 2. Choose "Devices". 3. On the left choose "Touchpad". The very first item on the screen that opens should be an option to turn the touchpad off or on. If it is off via hardware this option may be unavailable. For hardware: Different laptops do this in different ways. More @Wikipedia
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