turn off touchpad mouse?

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Can anyone help me turn it off? Or, at least the function that simply reads
me tapping it accidentally as a request to move the mouse? When I type -
it's annoying. :)

Thanks.
 
Can anyone help me turn it off? Or, at least the function that simply reads
me tapping it accidentally as a request to move the mouse? When I type -
it's annoying. :)

Thanks.
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Start, Settings, Control Panel, Mouse. You may need to poke around in
the settings if you have two mice, but there should be an option to
disable the touchpad. Specifics vary by manufacturer.
 
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:34:01 -0700, davey1108
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Start, Settings, Control Panel, Mouse. You may need to poke around in
the settings if you have two mice, but there should be an option to
disable the touchpad. Specifics vary by manufacturer.
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Also there are sensitivity settings. Maybe the OP could keep the thing
on and make it less sensitive so it only acts when he wants it to.

ISTR that some touchpads even have a setting that helps them ignore
accidental touches. That might just be another name for sensitivity,
though.
 
I don't think the touchpad is showing up. There are 2 mice:

1 shows up on the PS/2 mouse port...is that it?
 
Opinicus said:
Check your machine's manual to see if there's a way of doing this. My
laptop doesn't allow this and the mousepad was driving me crazy. I
solved the problem with a wireless USB mouse. When the receiver is is
inserted in a USB port, the touchpad mouse is automatically turned
off.

(This exercise also convinced me that I'm better off without mousepads
altogether.)

None of this has anything to do specifically with Vista by the way...
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I think it's called a touchpad.

Mouse pad is what people used to roll their mouse on top of when they used
mouse with the ball, for better traction.
Or textured for optical.

You need to have Synaptic driver/software installed to change the
sensitivity.

If you don't have it installed, then disabling the touchpad probably works
best.
 
davey1108 said:
Can anyone help me turn it off? Or, at least the function that simply
reads
me tapping it accidentally as a request to move the mouse? When I type -
it's annoying. :)

Thanks.
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Remembering that if you turn off the onboard mouse you will absolutely need
a functional external mouse to control Windows and your programs, three ways
to fix the issue.

1. Look on the top edge of the touchpad for a little switch. My two HP
laptops have a button there (with a light inside it, blue it is on and amber
it is off) to press to turn off the touchpad.

2. Some touchpad drivers have a setting to automatically turn off the
touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in. You need to check to see if
that is available. Control Panel, Mouse, and look through the various tabs
to see if you see a checkbox that turns on this feature.

3. On my laptop that doesn't have the switch on the touchpad, I have
disabled it in the device manager. Control Panel, Mouse, in Mouse
Properties hardware tab, Properties, driver, disable and OK out. Reverse
process to turn back on if needed (using the external mouse.)
 
Also there are sensitivity settings. Maybe the OP could keep the thing on and
make it less sensitive so it only acts when he wants it to.
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ISTR that some touchpads even have a setting that helps them ignore
accidental touches. That might just be another name for sensitivity, though.
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I forgot to mention that many of today's laptops have a switch (usually
at the top edge of the touchpad) to turn the touchpad off.
 
I forgot to mention that many of today's laptops have a switch (usually at
the top edge of the touchpad) to turn the touchpad off.
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OTOH, LVTravel beat me to the punch by 9 hours or so...So I didn't need
to post the above.

OK - no snide remarks about not needing to post this, please :-)
 
Gene E. Bloch said:
OTOH, LVTravel beat me to the punch by 9 hours or so...So I didn't need to
post the above.

OK - no snide remarks about not needing to post this, please :-)
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Aw, come-on, I was going to post the snide remark but you beat me to it, but
only by 2 1/2 hours.
 
davey1108 said:
Can anyone help me turn it off? Or, at least the function that simply reads
me tapping it accidentally as a request to move the mouse? When I type -
it's annoying. :)

Thanks.
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What make computer? Toshiba allows you to turn off the "click" on the
pad. This means that you still use the touchpad to move your pointer,
but clicking has to be done with the buttons below the pad.

Dave T.
 
What make computer? Toshiba allows you to turn off the "click" on the
pad. This means that you still use the touchpad to move your pointer,
but clicking has to be done with the buttons below the pad.
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I'm not *absolutely* sure that all brands of laptops with touchpads
allow exactly the same thing, so I'll simply say that it's not just
Toshiba--the great majority of them do.
 
Aw, come-on, I was going to post the snide remark but you beat me to it, but
only by 2 1/2 hours.
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OK, I rescind my request. Go ahead and call me names...

OTOH, it's pretty hot here this week, so maybe we should save the flame
war until November or December, when we will need it.
 
Gene E. Bloch said:
OK, I rescind my request. Go ahead and call me names...

OTOH, it's pretty hot here this week, so maybe we should save the flame
war until November or December, when we will need it.
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Sounds good to me. Remember all great minds think alike!
 
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