| Author | Message | ||
     Cityxslicker |
Alright you techies. You have got to be more helpful than the call center and the operator from regions that I cant spell or pronounce. I have a new netbook. Yep, I love it. Except for the tap pad in the center of the device. It is running Windows 7. It is a Toshiba netbook. It is driving me crazy. Any help would be appreciated. How do I turn off the pad and the associated right and left buttons? Thanks in advance... | ||
| Froggy |
I am firing up my Win7 Laptop to check, but in XP you could do it near the clock, you just right click the icon and select disable. | ||
| Glitch |
Press the FN key and F9 that is a shortcut for disabling the touch pad. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Negative on the Fn & F9 GhostRider. Thanks, you would think they would put it in the damn user manual for the device  | ||
| Froggy |
According to a post on the Microsoft Technet, you may need to install Toshiba Synaptics software.
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| Sifo |
I'm looking at Windows XP right now, but Windows 7 shouldn't be substantially different. Open the Control Panel and find the option for your mouse... It's under "Printers and Other Hardware" in XP. Clicking that brings up a screen where you can click on "Mouse". Clicking on that brings up your mouse properties dialog box. This may vary by specific device, but I have a tab called "Device Settings". On that tab you have a list of your pointing devices and the ability to Enable, Disable, or set Settings. You should be able to Disable your touch pad with that. I assume you are planning to use some sort of external mouse. My wife's laptop (Windows 7) can do that without having to disable the touch pad, but it sounds like you are just annoyed with the touch pad. | ||
| Greg_e |
There should also be a setting in that same mouse area that allows you to disable the touch pad when an external mouse is attached, I think this is new for Win7. If you are talking about turning off the tap features to select, that should also be in the mouse settings area of the control panel. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Froggy thanks that was the cure. Greg_e the optical mouse is plugged into a standard data port and was auto sensed. To all that chimed in. I really appreciate it. Once again proving that if you want help and need the right answer; who you gonna call  Taking the summer off from grad school, I hope to see y'all at homecoming | ||
| Hootowl |
Can't you disable it in the BIOS? |
