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Your touch screen either does not respond at all to your touch/stylus or responds randomly.
The driver on your laptop may have been uninstalled, corrupted, or simply outdated. To reinstall the driver for your touch screen, go to the Toshiba support website and enter “Satellite L15W-B1208X” into the search box. Filter your search through the “Drivers” tab and the “Keyboard and TouchPad” tab. Click the most recently updated driver, and then download it and run the installer.
Your touch screen may not be calibrated for use by either your fingers or a Bluetooth stylus. To calibrate it, use your mouse to click on the start icon on the bottom-left hand corner of your screen and type in “Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input.” When you click the top result, a new screen comes up. Click “setup” and then follow the instructions provided.
Your touch screen may also just simply be disabled in the settings. To enable it, type in Control Panel in the start icon of your computer. Click it, and then click Device Manager. Select the monitor section, right-click on your monitor, and then read the information given and make sure that the monitor is enabled.
Sometimes, your touchscreen may simply be covered in enough residue that it is not registering a touch. Take a slightly damp cloth and wipe the screen to clean it.
Your Toshiba Satellite L15W-B1208X will not connect to the internet wirelessly.
Your Wifi may simply not be turned on. To enable it type in Settings in the start icon of your computer. Click it, and then click Network & Internet. Select the Wifi menu, then click on the button at the top of the page that turns the Wifi from off to on.
Type in “Settings” in the start icon of your computer. Click it, and then click “Network & Internet.” Select the Wifi menu, then click on the button at the top of the page that turns the Wifi from on to off. Then click it again to turn the Wifi back on.
If networks still do not appear then type in “Settings” in the start icon of your computer. Click it, and then click “Network & Internet.” On the page labeled “Status” click the button labeled Troubleshoot. Once the troubleshooting is done click “Apply this fix.” After the fix has been applied, click “Close the troubleshooter.”
Wifi Drivers pretty much control everything about your computer, if something goes wrong here nothing will work.
If your wifi drivers are outdated, fixing it might as easy as resetting your computer. If that doesn’t work the simplest way to update your drivers will be to press the Windows Key, searching “Device Manager”, and under the tab “Network Adapters” right click your Wireless Network Adapter and pressing “update driver”.
If this doesn’t work you will have to reinstall the driver for your wifi card, go to the Toshiba support website and enter “Satellite L15W-B1208X” into the search box. Filter your search through the “Drivers” tab, and through the “Network” tab. Check your device manager from earlier and match your network card with the one on the website. Click the most recently updated driver, then download it and run the installer.
Your Toshiba Satellite L15W-B1208X is not holding its charge at all.
Your charger for your computer may be old or damaged, which could affect its ability to charge your computer.
If you find a new charger and your computer still does not charge, you may need to replace your computer’s battery. To replace your battery follow the battery replacement guide.
Audio is meant to be playing through your Toshiba Satellite L15W-B1208X’s speakers, yet none can be heard.
This is usually the most common solution to not having sound it usually stems after using new headphones or speakers. In order to fix this issue all you have to do is click the speaker icon at the bottom right of the computer screen and click on the words/numbers over the slider. After pressing this you can change the playback device until you can hear a chime coming out of your speakers.
If your audio drivers are outdated, fixing it might as easy as resetting your computer. If that doesn’t work the simplest way to update your drivers will be to press the Windows Key, searching “Device Manager”, and under the tab “Sound, video and game controllers” right-click “Realtek Audio” and pressing “update driver”.
If this doesn’t work you will have to reinstall the driver for your audio driver, go to the Toshiba support website and enter “Satellite L15W-B1208X” into the search box. Filter your search through the “Drivers” tab, and through the “Audio” tab. Click the most recently updated driver, then download it and run the installer.
If your speakers are blown out then they will need to be replaced. They can be replaced by following the speaker replacement guide.
An error such as “connect a camera” or “web camera initialization failed” may appear, or your webcam screen appears as a plane black screen.
In some instances, the camera itself can be disabled in the settings of your computer. To check this, completely shut down and restart your computer. As it is rebooting, press F2 when the Toshiba splash screen appears. Select “Advanced,” then “System Configuration,” and then “Web Camera.” You should see whether or not the webcam is enabled. Be sure to save your settings when you exit.
Sometimes the webcam software needs to be updated with a new driver. To do so, search “Device Manager” in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. Go to “Imaging Devices” and expand the drop-down menu. Your webcam should be listed there. Right-click it, and then click “Uninstall.” When you restart your computer, it should reinstall the driver with the most recently updated version.
In rare cases, other third-party software can interfere with the running of the base webcam software. To check to see if this is the issue, uninstall any third-party apps that use a webcam (such as Skype) and restart your computer. If the webcam is not working, the problem is unrelated to other webcam apps. If the webcam is working, re-install the third-party software, and check to make sure your webcam is still working. If not, the problem is with the third-party software and not your computer.
