#Dell touch screen ghost clicking how to
#Dell touch screen ghost clicking Pc
#Dell touch screen ghost clicking windows 8

Even if I replace the hardware though, I still needed to get this operational. I surmise mine is 40 pin and not 30 pin, and I know it is 1080. I DID find there are FOUR different screens - 1080 and 720, and also touch, and non-touch. I also looked to see if there was a 'Dell recall' and I found a post that said 'Dell was replacing them', presumably for free. In my case, I did learn my screen itself was broken, and that I could replace the screen for < $70 on Amazon,В and the labor is under FIVE MINUTES! - I watched him do it on the YouTube video: I obviously logged out first.ДЇIRST, go HERE and READ all of it: It is the most comprehensive page I've ever seen on this problem! NOTE though, most of this article deals with messed up device drivers: STAY logged in if at all possible! One you log out, you CANNOT keep the PW portion focused, long enough to log back in. MISTAKE -> You'll have more of a problem if you log out. I did finally get it, but it was not easy. I lost a few hours trying to fix this, without success.

#Dell touch screen ghost clicking how to

HDMI or VGA) to set it up as a secondary screen 'for the duration of diagnostics' and using only the second screen it might give you some respite from the insanity until you can figure out how to get rid of it entirely. If you have a spare monitor around somewhere with a connection you could use (e.g. To see if something is corrupted in the OS first.

#Dell touch screen ghost clicking windows 8

Using SFC (System File Checker) and DISM (Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management) to Repair Windows 8 & 10.

You could also try following the instructions for Digitizers do go wonky, but devices virtually never re-enable themselves after being manually disabled, and that should be across all future shutdown/startup, restart, sleep, or hibernate cycles. The fact that this came back after waking up from sleep makes me very, very suspicious of some sort of infection, but it's purely a suspicion. I've dealt with computers with touch screens whose digitizers have gone wonky and to a one disabling the HID compliant touchscreen permanently disables it. Something, and that something really shouldn't be Windows itself, is re-enabling the device. Someone please tell me that there is a way to make this problem go away for good! It has taken me abut 30 minutes to write this post. I've been doing the 'disable device' dance now for about three weeks, and I'm growing very tired of it.

Solved the problem for about 10 minutes.

#Dell touch screen ghost clicking Pc

When I brought the PC back from sleep, the ghost touches were back.

Once I found it, I right clicked 'Disable Device' and confirmed the command.

I had to select 'show hidden devices' to find it.

At first, the 'HID Compliant Touch Screen' did not show up in Device Manager.

Here's the history of my attempts to solve this. The most common answer I find is to disable it through Device Manager. I have spent more time than I care to admit Googling solutions. There is no physical damage to the screen. A few weeks ago, it started up with the annoying 'ghost touch' phenomenon, making the machine nearly unusable. I have a Dell Inspiwith the touch screen.