I bought an external mouse and now I can't turn the toutch pad off. It's becoming a pain for me when I'm typing. I did it once but I can't do it again. How am I supposed to go about disabling it?

80 % IS MOUS DRIVER , 10% MOUSE PAD ,dis able the , the touch pad from front of the top case by switch , and connect the external mouse and check the system.

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Look at the type of mouse you have.

To date, there are three types of mice: the USB mouse, the PS/2 mouse and the Bluetooth mouse.

USB mice connect with a USB adapter, which has a rectangular shape. Conversely, the PS/2 mouse uses a PS/2 adapter, which is round.

Finally, there's the Bluetooth mouse, which has no external adapters.

Plug the mouse into your machine.

Now, how you do this will depend on the mouse you're using.

With a USB mouse, simply plug your device into your laptop's USB adapter, which will also be rectangular in shape.

For PS/2 mice, you'll need to plug it into a PS/2 adapter. Plug your mouse into the PS/2 end then plug the other end into your laptop's USB adapter.

And for Bluetooth mice, no plugging is required.

Install the mouse drivers.

If your mouse is not plug-and-play, you're going to need to install its drivers. To do this, insert the CD or diskette that came with your device.

The installation should occur automatically.

Pair your mouse, if using a Bluetooth mouse.

At this stage, non-Bluetooth mice are ready to be used.

However, if you are installing a Bluetooth mouse, you must perform one additional step: pairing it to your machine.

To achieve this, use your laptop's touchpad and right-click on your Windows screen. Select the option "Pair Device." From there, follow the on-screen instructions to sync your mouse with yourcomputer.

Place your mouse onto a mouse pad. Before using your mouse, you need to place it onto a mouse pad.

This should be done for all types of mice, whether they are wireless or trackball.

Otherwise, movement will be difficult

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Examine your mouse pad.

Dirt and grime can affect performance and slow down mouse sensitivity, if not shut it down altogether.

Make sure the surface of the track pad is clean and that there is nothing that has managed to get beneath it or around any trackball buttons that could affect the pressing and depressing of the component.

Check to see if your mouse pad has been turned off.

If the Fn (Function) button at the bottom left of the keyboard is pressed in conjunction with some other key on the keyboard it can result in the disabling of the mouse pad.

To enable your mouse pad on a Windows PC go to the Control Menu.

Under the Printers and Other Hardware option, click on Mouse.

Then, click on the tab on the top of the pop-up menu that says Device Settings.

The touch pad for your computer should come up as a selectable option. Click on it and you will see the option to enable your device, then click OK. If this does not work,

Check the manufacturer of your laptop (for example, Toshiba) and then navigate to their official website. Find an area for Software and Drivers, and move on to that area.

Enter your laptop number (check your documentation/manuals and/or the bottom of the computer) and look through the drivers that are presented as a result of this number input.

It could be that your mouse pad simply needs updated drivers. Find the driver that corresponds to your computer and mouse pad (for example, most Acer laptops use a Synaptics touch pad).

Then, click on download.

Once the drivers have downloaded, double click them to ensure they install, restart your laptop, and your mouse pad should be working again.

hope this helps

You can disable the mouse pad or even adjust the sensitivity of the pointer by going this way

click start > control panel > hardware and sound > mouse > adjust the speed or disable touchpad


best regards,

Go into the control panel, go under mouse, and go to the device settings tab. You can disable it there.

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

Hi,

Are you using an external mouse, Please try to change your mouse, I have experience the same thing before, it seems my mouse does it. If your not using external mouse but rather your laptops mouse pad, Please try to do further testing by touching the pad in different portion and check if the pointer behaves abnormally.

Click on start....Then control panel....Then mouse.....click the tab ...device settings....Select dis-able.Your mouse pad should no longer work. You will now have to use an external mouse.

You can try and locate the Fn key and the key that turns on your mouse pad, once finding that combination hold Fn and toggle the enable key " usually one of the numbers or the F# keys. If that does not work you might need to reinstall the device drivers, I am unsure your Windows operating system but you may want to grab an external mouse for this. Go to Devices manager, If you do not know how here is a universal pathway, " Control Panel - Administrative Tool - Computer Management - Device Manager " Once there find your device and uninstall the drivers " you can also try enable and disable first ", Once uninstalled restart your computer and Windows will discover the pointing device and reinstall it shortly after start up, you may need to go to though the add new hardware wizard when installing but this is the best solution I can think of.

If your cursor moves erratically on the screen (for example, if it jumps around the screen, moves at varying speeds, or selects items on its own), perform the following steps:

1. Clean the surface of the touchpad with a dry, soft cloth to remove grease, sweat, moisture, or other liquids.
   
2. Adjust the sensitivity of the touch pad:.
   
   1. Click the Start button and click Control Panel.
      
   2. Click Printers and Other Hardware.
      
   3. Click Mouse.
      
   4. When the Mouse Properties window appears, click the Pointer Options tab. (Figure 1)
      
      Figure 1: Pointer Speed
      
   5. Under Select a pointer speed:, click to move the slider bar closer to Slow.
      
   6. Click OK.
      
   7. Check to see if the touch pad still behaves erratically.
      
3. If the touchpad still caused the cursor to behave erratically, attach an external mouse to your computer and restart your computer. Use the external mouse to see if your cursor still moves erratically.

Hi,
Have you tried going into mouse options and disabling mouse while typing? I doubt it's a hardware issue. This has happened with open office before, but a driver update fixed the situation.
I'd first check the settings for mouse controller and see if that doesn't do the trick.
Good luck