Cannot disable laptop keyboard

[remluf]

I have an HP laptop and bought an external keyboard and mouse, and disabled the built in keyboard and touchpad mouse & buttons (due to pets).
All was well until I installed Windows version 2004. It thought it was being helpful by reinstalling the correct drivers for the laptop keybord & mouse which became active again. So I did what I did before which is to replace the keyboard driver with one from Toshiba and restarted the laptop, but the original driver was re-installed. I uninstalled the driver. Windows reinstalled it. I even tried a sugesstion I read to change a setting in Gpedit which didn't work either. So I have gone back to build 1903 until I find a solution. Any ideas what else could be tried?

 

[johnb35]

You could try disabling the devices in device manager.

 

[remluf]

Windows re-enables them on restart.

 

[johnb35]

It shouldn't be reenabling them. Are you sure you are going into device manager and right clicking on the device and click on disable? Everytime I disable something windows won't enable it until you do it yourself.

 

[remluf]

Yes I was doing that. I tried it repeatedly and it re-enabled it on restart. When I replaced the driver with one which would cause it not to work, it reinstalled the correct driver after a restart. Going back to build 1903 was the only way to stop it. As I type this, the reason I need the laptop keyboard disconnected is here!

 

[johnb35]

I think what you are doing is uninstalling it instead of disabling it, which is 2 different things. If you disable it, it's not gonna work.

 

[remluf]

I tried both methods and when I restarted the PC, it reinstalled the correct driver or re-enabled it. This only happens with build 2004, with 1903 it is ok. Try it if you have a laptop.

 

[johnb35]

Then the only other thing you can do is unhook the cable to the touchpad and keyboard by taking the laptop apart.