How to repair my pointing device?

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I have the same problem; except I use a Targus Wireless mouse that had the Synaptics program in place and its stopped working. I have an Acer laptop Model Aspire 7730Z.  more
... Control Panel > System > <b>Device</b> Manager > Mice & Other <b>devices</b> > Right click on your ... Synaptics <b>device</b> and Uninstall. If ... the original one for your device.  more

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