how to disable touch pad

[tanya k]

I have problems with the cursor all over the page while I type. How do I
disable to touch pad? I went to 'mouse' in the control panel but do not see
an obvious disabling area to check off.

thankt

 

[Graham Mayor]

You'll have to check with the laptop manufacturer. Some require a setting in
the BIOS. Others are disabled when you plug in some other form of pointing
device.

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[PRR]

On my laptop, I have a tab called "Devices." At the bottom of that,
there is a box that I have checked, "Disable touchpad when USB
pointing device is present."

Evidently these options aren't too easy to find--I'd go through all of
those tabs in the Mouse window, as this is an incredibly annoying
thing to have to live with. I can't blame you for wanting to shut it
off.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Depends on the manufacturer. My new (Acer) eMachines laptop (with
Windows 7) has a button right next to the on-button, centered above
the keyboard. I can even turn off the touchpad when a mouse isn't
plugged in -- which is fine, since I prefer key commands and if I have
to go to the QAT or Ribbon for something, I just switch it back on. No
more accidental selections or hopping cursor.

 

[PRR]

One more thing to look for--I just installed an updated driver for my
touchpad, and see that now it has something called "Palm Check." This
is designed to prevent exactly what you are talking about--unintended
movement on the touchpad moving the cursor. In the Touchpad properties
dialog, I found it under Sensitivity>Palm Check settings. There might
be something like this with your touchpad properties/settings.