Dell Latitude D630

wolfeking

wolfeking

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Ok. I have gotten fed up with this. I would think you all would have the answers if there is any.

what I am looking to do is disable my touchpad (i think that is what it is called). See, i have a bad habit of hitting it with my hand when I am typing, and that sometimes (a lot actually) sends the cursor, and in turn my words, to somewhere else on the page. I am fine with the little track stick or whatever it is called, and would just like to disable the other mouse off to avoid this problem. I have looked in the control panel under mouse, but I am not seeing anything that makes sense to me that could do this.
 
the only thing I am seeing in the mouse properties is PS/2 compatible mouse. It is the only one listed, so those instructions aren't working. Nice find though.
 
Did you install the dell driver for the touchpad? Usually if you open the touchpad properties, you can disable it from there.
 
Just right click on Computer, Properties, Hardware and disable the hardware in there. Leave the driver installed as you may be somewhere where you need the mouse and have not internet connection.
 
I am not seeing a 64bit vista driver listed for the touchpad. There were some Bluetooth mouse drivers and a keyboard driver listed I think.
 
bigfellla said:
Just right click on Computer, Properties, Hardware and disable the hardware in there. Leave the driver installed as you may be somewhere where you need the mouse and have not internet connection.
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I only have one mouse listed there.
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So I would assume disabling it would disable both, wouldn't it?
 
Update to the latest drivers at dell (this gives you the required options).

then

1 Click Start , and then click Control Panel.
2 Click Hardware and Sound.
3 Click Keyboard.
4 In the Mouse Properties window:
• Click the Device Select tab to disable the touch pad.
• Click the Touch Pad tab to adjust touch pad settings.
5 Click OK to save the settings and
 
the ALPS driver worked. Went into mouse settings after that and the touchpad settings were right up front. I went in and disabled touchpad but left trackpoint, its buttons and touchpad buttons enabled.

Thanks so much for the help.
 
Many laptops will give you the ability to disable the touch withone of the "F" keys above the keyboard. On my laptop there is a touchpad symbol on the F4 key. When I hold down fn+F4 it disables the touchpad.
 
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