Help!!! notebook touchpad mouse

[Guest]

I'm going insane!!! Does anyone else have the problem of typing on their
notebooks and the cursor all of the sudden bounces to somewhere else?
I've been told that I must be hitting the touchpad (even though I never use
it as I have a wireless mouse) . I swear it happens even when I'm watching
every key stroak & my hand doesn't touch the touchpad.

Is there a way to turn the notebook touchpad mouse off???

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Generally, there is an icon in the notification area (system tray) that
enables options regarding the touchpad..

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info, are you referring to the "mouse properties" icon because
I did go that where it lists the portable mouse which is enabled & working
fine. I don't see any listing for the touchpad mouse (is that what it's
called?). There is an item "HID-compliant mouse" but when I disable it, the
other mouse that's plugged into the USB port gets disabled too.

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Perhaps you should contact the vendor/manufacturer and ask them how to do
it.. on some laptops, I have seen an icon in system tray specifically to
alter the operation of the touchpad..

 

[TheGun]

whats the model of your laptop? and have you tryied disabling the touchpad mouse from device manager?

 

[Ron]

On my NEC notebook Start > Control Panel > Mouse > USB mouse connection >
Select whether to use both touchpad and USB mouse, or USB mouse only.

Ron

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Ron

How to do it varies from make to make, but thanks for the heads up re. NEC..