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| Thread ID: 118049 | 2011-05-17 07:10:00 | Can't disable Laptop touchpad! | Billy (6701) | Press F1 |
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| 1202786 | 2011-05-17 07:10:00 | I'm trying to disable my laptop touchpad (as I use a normal mouse with my laptop). My manual says "Touch Pad: Pressing FN + F9 enables or disables the Touch Pad function" but it doesn't work. The mouse cursor still moves when I touch the touchpad. NOTE Pressing FN+F6 dims the brightness as it should --- this proves my FN key is functioning. Any ideas? Can I disable my touchpad from the Control Panel? Alternatively, I was wondering if it's accessed from the synaptics pointing device but I can't find the synaptics pointing device. (It's not in the system tray.) System: W7 64bit Toshiba Satellite Pro L500 series |
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| 1202787 | 2011-05-17 07:28:00 | Read the instructions. It is a separate control located above the pad. | PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 1202788 | 2011-05-17 07:42:00 | Thanks but... 1) There is NO separate control located above the touchpad on my model. Immediately above the touchpad is the SPACEBAR. 2) The instructions specifically say tap FN+F9 which I've tried. Incidentally, Synaptics Pointer doesn't appear in my DEvice manager. |
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| 1202789 | 2011-05-17 08:18:00 | Try going to Control Panel > Mouse. See if you have a "Device Setting" tab. If you do, put a check in the "Disable internal pointing device when external USB pointing device is attached." | Jen (38) | ||
| 1202790 | 2011-05-17 08:36:00 | Thanks. Couldn't find any such entry on my mouse tab. Although, according to the screen images in the article below, it should. However, I reinstalled FlashCards and restarted them (under Toshiba Utilities). Now FN+F9 works! Yeah! FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS: "Support Bulletin: Mouse pointer jumps around as you type" at www.csd.toshiba.com describes the problem I was having. Unfortunately, my mouse properties don't look like theirs! Thanks. |
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