Disable touchpad

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cattywampus

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Hi, I'm new here - glad to have found this forum!

I stumbled upon a post that explained how to do this, but I lost it and apparently there is no "search." I followed the instructions to disable it through Device Manager, found it, but there's no way to disable it that I can see. I have Home Premium.

Thanks for any help.
 

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Hi cattywampus and welcome to Vista Forums :party:

I take it that you are referring to a laptop or a notebook. Check your user manual for details on how to enable/disable the touchpad. As you have not provided any details on your machine (manufacturer, model number), I cannot help you any further as the method used varies. If you reply with the necessary details, I should be able locate some instructions for you.

Incidentally, if you scroll to the very bottom of the page you wil find a section 'Similar Threads'. You might like to check these out to see if they are of any help.
 
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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
    Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
    Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
    Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
    WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
    Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
    WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
    Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Disabling the Touchpad Driver is under Control Panel.
Control Panel > Mouse
The screen brought up should have a picture of the touchpad on it. Right below that picture is a link that says "Click to change Dell Touchpad settings". (Click the picture). This will bring you to a screen with four different images of touchpads. Click on the one in the upper left hand corner that says "Device Select" and "Button Settings". At the bottom of the screen it brings you to, underneath the picture is an option that says "Disable Touchpad/Pointing Stic when external USB mouse is present". Click to either select or deselect it.

If your touchpad is already disabled, and you don't have a mouse hooked up, try turning off the Wi-Fi catcher on the front of your laptop, next to the headphone jacks (on an Inspiron 1420. I'm not sure where this is on other computers.). This will isolate your computer from all external hardware/networks.

Hope this helps!
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron I1420
    CPU
    Intel Centrino- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo [email protected] GHz
    Memory
    220 GB, RAM 4.0 GB
    Hard Drives
    External Hard Drive: Western Digital MyPassport Essential
cattywampus said:
Hi, I'm new here - glad to have found this forum!

I stumbled upon a post that explained how to do this, but I lost it and apparently there is no "search." I followed the instructions to disable it through Device Manager, found it, but there's no way to disable it that I can see. I have Home Premium.

Thanks for any help.
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G'Day cattywampus,

Checkout your Computer User Guide under "Hotkeys". I've just found that by pressing the keys <Fn>+<F7> on my Acer Aspire Notebook, I can turn the touchpad on and off , at will.

Cheers.

Sassofalco
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire Notebook 5633WLMi.[5630 Series]
    CPU
    Intel Centrino Duo Processor - Intel Core 2 CPU.
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 [3.07GB maximum real available]
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce Go 7300, 128MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio, Ver. 6.0.1.5717, 2.08MB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer Aspire Notebook - 15.4"; Acer LCD Monitor X223Wsd - 22".
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800x60Hertz [max.]
    Hard Drives
    Notebook - Samsung HM320JI 320GB HD installed 07 August 2009.
    External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD [Drive G:\ - Windows Defender Backup Files only]. Two x LaCie 320GB Mobi
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks - Model M/N: M-RCD125
    Internet Speed
    Down 20000kb/sec / Up 1000kb/sec [Bigpond-Aus]
    Other Info
    Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo MFC. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner. Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router. Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. UAC - On;Activated. Browsers; [1] FireFox v3.6[2] IE8. Honorary R.S.M. to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers.
I too couldn't figure out how to disable my compal touchpad. I think Vista SP2 is the culprit. I reinstalled Vista but before I updated to SP2 I installed Synaptics touchpad for Vista and am now able to alter all touchpad settings through Control Panel-Mouse. I've fully updated Windows and all is well, no more annoying typos. Mike.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    compal jhl 90
    CPU
    intel core 2 duo p9500 2.53 ghz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia gforce 9600m gt
If you have the synaptic software installed, it's there under mouse. BUT you need the synaptic software not just drives.
 

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Hello Patonb. Yes, that is correct. I see my post was not clear. I didn't mean to say that I actually installed a new touchpad. With SP2 installed I was unable to install Synaptics for Vista touchpad driver. The reinstall of Vista,without updating to SP2, allowed me to install the driver. Mike.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    compal jhl 90
    CPU
    intel core 2 duo p9500 2.53 ghz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia gforce 9600m gt
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