Most of us plug in a mouse and carry on. If you think it's not hardware try drivers from Lenovo's web page for your laptop. But it's a common complaint with a common fix.
Hi,
I use a Lenovo Z51 laptop and today the touchpad has started acting really strange and has made it impossible to use. It's fine for the first 30 seconds that it's on then gets really slow and sometimes non responsive. I've cleaned the touchpad and checked it's settings and it all seems fine there but it's still acting buggy. Any ideas how to fix it?

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