Cursor freezes/moves erratically...trying to move it just constantly resizes/zooms

[pcu]

Dell Inspiron N7110

So this tends to occur if I get the touchpad wet. I am not talking like a spill or something. Just even cleaning it with some cleaner and a paper towel. Other times though it seems completely random. For instance just now I booted it up for the first time in a few days (so it wasn't wet or recently cleaned) and all of a sudden the cursor is stuck and zooming. Generally it just takes a random number of reboots for it to finally work correctly again. However sometimes turning the touchpad off/on again works. Although I wonder if both of these "fixes" are purely coincidental.

In general what happens is as follows. Boot computer up/wake up. Go to move cursor and notice it is either not moving or moving extremely erratically. After continuing to try and move it I eventually find the window starts resizing/zooming.

Most google searches I have tried are related to the cursor moving while typing which is not what I am after.

I am pretty certain my touchpad drivers are up to date.

I can't for the life of me figure out why this is happening or figure out how to make it stop happening. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Fira PT04]

Try to removing the driver from the Device Manager without uninstalling the direvers and search for new hardware. If that still happen, remove the troupad drivers and let the OS use generic drivers and test it.
If no luck, press around the touchpad and keyboard above the touchpad and what you discribing sounds more like a hardware issue rather than a driver problem.