Uninstall a mouse driver?

[Margaret Bartley]

My daughter's Acer laptop seems to have a touchpad that is erratic. When
she's typing, she always has to watch the monitor, because the cursor will
just jump anywhere without any warning. I'm assuming it's because there is
something wrong with the touchpad. I've used her computer a few times, and
I want to drop-kick it.

She's fine with using a USB mouse, but I'm sure how to disconnect the
touchpad. If we uninstall the pointer device, will that mess anything up?
Is it easy to undo, if we do? When I get ready to uninstall, it asks me to
confirm that I want to delete those files. How can I reinstall if it turns
out that we still have the problem? In that case, we'd want to reinstall
the touchpad, since it's defintely more convenient than using a mouse.

Many thanks

 

[Curious]

You should be able to reduce the sensitivity of the touchpad in Control
Panel.
Also are you aware that just tapping the touchpad it will act as left mouse
click?

 

[philo]

My daughter's Acer laptop seems to have a touchpad that is erratic. When
she's typing, she always has to watch the monitor, because the cursor will
just jump anywhere without any warning. I'm assuming it's because there is
something wrong with the touchpad. I've used her computer a few times, and
I want to drop-kick it.

She's fine with using a USB mouse, but I'm sure how to disconnect the
touchpad. If we uninstall the pointer device, will that mess anything up?
Is it easy to undo, if we do? When I get ready to uninstall, it asks me to
confirm that I want to delete those files. How can I reinstall if it turns
out that we still have the problem? In that case, we'd want to reinstall
the touchpad, since it's defintely more convenient than using a mouse.

Many thanks

Yep

same problem with my finance's laptop that's used *only* on the desk

I simply disconnected the touchpad and plugged in an external mouse.

Just took a minute to fix it...but I advise putting a piece of tape
over the connection...it actually plugged itself back in due to the
inflexible ribbon.

 

[smlunatick]

There should be a button on the computer that will allow you to disable
it. If the computer is under a year old,  you should be able to get it
repaired/troubleshot by calling ACER

It should also be noted that you "can" / "should" be ab;e to
permanently disable this touchpad within the laptop's BIOS setting
screens.