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| Thread ID: 112782 | 2010-09-22 03:40:00 | deactivating mouse touch pad | Anahen (15994) | Press F1 |
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| 1138910 | 2010-09-22 03:40:00 | Hi there Probably a really dumb question, but I am not the most techy of all. I have a new laptop and use a wireless mouse and not the touch pad on the actual laptop itself. What is happening is that when I am typing, my thumbs are accidently touching the mouse pad which means I keep moving all over the screen and typing stuff in the wrong places and it is driving me nuts. Where do I go to deactivate or slow this down?? Thanks in advance for any help. |
Anahen (15994) | ||
| 1138911 | 2010-09-22 04:04:00 | If you have a look at the top edge of the touchpad, if there is a thin button just above it about 1 mm in width, press that, it disables the touch pad. If not, then click start/ Control Panel/ Mouse -- look around on the tabs, one will be the touchpad settings, Then select disable. PS welcome to PF1 :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1138912 | 2010-09-22 05:27:00 | If you dont have a hardware based switch (the little toggle about the trackpad that wainui mentioned) most laptops have a software based switch that is activated by pressing the function keys. to use it look a long the row of F keys (f1 f2 f3 ect) untill you find one that looks like it represents a touch pad. this image may help clarify www.guidingtech.com The hardware button or the fn keys are usually a bit better than going through the settings because if you need to re-enable the touch pad it is just a bit less painless that going into the mouse options. its also quicker. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1138913 | 2010-09-22 06:07:00 | As above. On my Laptop I use the Function key (Fn next to the Ctrl button) and F7 to disable the touchpad. | trinsic (6945) | ||
| 1138914 | 2010-09-22 06:23:00 | A lot of the touchpads use the Synaptics software and usually in there there is an option to disable the touchpad if a USB pointing device is attached. Have a look in the Mouse section in the Control Panel, usually the last tab. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1138915 | 2010-09-22 07:07:00 | Touchpad Blocker 1.1: www.freewarefiles.com I don't use this myself so up to you to see how it goes, looks good to me from first read. |
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