How do I disable the mouse pad on my ASUS K52F Lap top? I prefer the remote mouse but I keep touching the mouse pad when I type and the cursor just goes someplace else.

There is a way in Control Panel, goto "MOUSE" select the pointers tab then you can adjust the speed where you like it!

As you type, your wrists could be close-enough to the touch-pad to move the mouse-pointer.

Click Start
Click Control Panel
Click Mouse
Change the setting to disable the touch-pad.

there usually is a certain way to temporarily disable the mouse
look for something like that on the "F" keys (F1 F2 F3) (like a cross over a picture of a mouse pad)
you might have to press the "FN" key and "F" (depending which one had the picture) at the same time .
if not check for options (try right clicking mouse pad icon in system tray maybe) or look for an option the control panel

tell me if you got it figured out

Some notebook users find the touch pad annoying because at times, while typing fast, their thumbs accidentally brush up against the touchpad. This is frustrating because the mouse cursor jumps to a random location on the screen and can cause undesirable things.

To turn off the touchpad when an external mouse or other pointing device is present, you can goto the Control Panel and double click the Mouse properties icon.

Click the Device Select tab and check "Disable Touch Pad when USB Pointing Device is present." The cursor will no longer move via the touchpad.

You need to look into the user information manual for that notebook to see if there is a disable function. If nothing else works, Place tape over the touchpad and that should help. Additionally, you can look at your mouse sensitivity settings in Windows under control panel and reduce the sensitivity of the mouse.

Disable your touchpad if you consistently have this problem.

When you are typing something, and you suddenly touch the touchpad (tapping this touchpad moves the cursor) then your cursor will suddenly change position which then mess up your typing.

If you don'r have an external mouse connected, better be careful not to touch the touchpad. If you have an external mouse, better disable this touchpad.

To turn off the touchpad when an external mouse or other pointing device is present, you can goto the Control Panel and double click the Mouse properties icon.

Click the Device Select tab and check "Disable Touch Pad when USB Pointing Device is present." The cursor will no longer move via the touchpad.

Alternatively, you can permanently disable the touchpad of your laptop by clicking the "Disable Device" in the Touch Pad setting. Advanced users can disable the touchpad from the BIOS setup [press F2 when the computer is booting to enter BIOS settings]

Unfortunately, there are no keyboard shortcuts to enable/disable Touchpad movement or tapping. You can however drag the Mouse icon from the control panel to your Quick launch bar for quick access.

If that sounds too much effort, you may consider adjusting the sensitivity of the touchpad. This can be accessed from the Touch Pad tab of our mouse properties. Choose a low setting.
You can also go to link below to get help.

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/05/disable-touch-pad-of-your-laptop-avoid.html

On touchpads if you touch the pad twice in quick succession it acts as a click and the cursor will move to the mouse pointer location. In mouse settings disable "tapping"

I don't know if you mean that your cursor suddenly moves as you are typing? If so, it is likely your touch pad is too sensitive. I have a mouse w/mouse pad but never disabled the touch pad. So i disabled the touch pad and it solved it for me. If you want to be sure it is the touch pad being over sensitive, then type a paragraph but keep your fingers and palms far away from the touch pad. If the problem improves, like it did for me, then the touchpad is too sensitive. You can go into the settings for the touchpad to change the sensitivity setting to make it less senstive and see if that works and it does not then press Fn +F7 keys to disable the touchpad.

well there is a few things that could possibly be happening. if it is a touch pad or a wireless mouse something like a cell phone sitting close enough to them could be causing some interference. the second one is that you could possibly have the mouse keys turned on where you can control the mouse with the keyboard.