Disable touch pad on laptop?

Foolios · Sep 14, 2007

There are two ways to control the arrow(cursor arrow?) on this laptop. One way is the little joystick that's in the keyboard and the two buttons just below the space bar. The other way is with a touch-pad below that with its own set of left and right click buttons.
I find this lower touch-pad very annoying and accidentally hit it all the time. It's ability to double click when quickly touched is aggravating as all get out.
Is there a way to disable it? Is there a device that can cover it?
Anyone know what options there are for this kind of problem?

Thanks in advance.

Jon · Sep 14, 2007

If it is an Alps-type touchpad and you have the software/driver installed, then you can disable it in its configuration utility. I always disable mine on my i8600 when I have a mouse attached.

If bad comes to worse, just disable the device in Device Manager.

-maddog- · Sep 14, 2007

Try using the synaptics driver if your device supports it. My laptop has a button to disable the touchpad, though I never really have much of a reason to use it.

Neuromancer · Sep 14, 2007

My dell had the ability to disable it in the BIOS... perhaps yours does as well?

aja · Sep 14, 2007

Neur0mancer said:
My dell had the ability to disable it in the BIOS... perhaps yours does as well?

In the BIOS??? Wow, I have never seen that before. I take it that it was seen as an onboard/integrated device?

Scott9027 · Sep 14, 2007

aja said:
In the BIOS??? Wow, I have never seen that before. I take it that it was seen as an onboard/integrated device?

What else would it be?

Trap05 · Sep 14, 2007

lol good call. Many have a hot key to disable them as well

Neuromancer · Sep 15, 2007

aja said:
In the BIOS??? Wow, I have never seen that before. I take it that it was seen as an onboard/integrated device?

Yup, it was called synaptics something...

fldrice · Sep 17, 2007

You can also change the touchpad sensitivity...That way the cursor won't move even if you accidently swiped it.

Foolios · Sep 18, 2007

fldrice said:
You can also change the touchpad sensitivity...That way the cursor won't move even if you accidently swiped it.

Excellent idea. THank you!

aja · Sep 18, 2007

fldrice said:
You can also change the touchpad sensitivity...That way the cursor won't move even if you accidently swiped it.

That is the most amazing idea I have heard from OCF members in a long time!

:beer:

Foolios · Sep 18, 2007

Jon said:
If it is an Alps-type touchpad and you have the software/driver installed, then you can disable it in its configuration utility. I always disable mine on my i8600 when I have a mouse attached.

If bad comes to worse, just disable the device in Device Manager.

I didn't find anything in the bios to control it. I also didn't find a setting in the control panel for mouse to change the sensitivity.

I decided to look into the Alps driver since it might be that it's not installed.

Downloaded and installed it thanks to Dell still providing the support.

The Alps driver gave me the option of selecting whether I wanted to use the stick/stick and touchpad/ or just touchpad.

Very awesome, that helped me the most.

KUDOS!!

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