Touchpad: I bought a mouse for my laptop & use that instead of the pad. I didn't disable anything. (I also have a desktop.) Bev Carlson of Minnesota. Today's Topics: > >   1. Disable Touchpad ([email protected]) >   2. Re: Disable Touchpad (Peggy Tischhauser) >   3. Re: Disable Touchpad ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:19:06 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Disable Touchpad  I am using Windows 7 on a Gateway NV59 laptop with a Logictec mouse. I would like to disable the touchpad on the laptop.  My cursor jumps all over the screen.  While typing, the cursor will jump to the top or bottom of the screen or beginning of the sentence.  The touchpad and mouse seem to cancel each other out.  I think simply disabling the touchpad would solve the conflicts. I have contacted Gateway, Logictech and Windows.  No one seems to have a solution. Windows says it is not a Windows problem, Gateway says contact Logictec and Logictec says contact Gateway. This problem is taking all the fun out of using my computer.  I am not comfortable using the touchpad and would prefer using the mouse. Thanks in advance for any help offer. > Donna > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:43:02 -0700 (PDT) > From: Peggy Tischhauser <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Disable Touchpad Hi Donna, I have a Gateway NV54 and use a mouse without disengaging anything; however, try going to Control Panel, Mouse, Device Settings, and tick the Disable if it shows your touchpad. > > HTH, > Peggy > > > --- On Tue, 9/7/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Disable Touchpad > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 6:19 PM I am using Windows 7 on a Gateway NV59 laptop with a Logictec mouse.? I would like to disable the touchpad on the laptop.? My cursor jumps all over the screen.? While typing, the cursor will jump to the top or bottom of the screen or beginning of the sentence.? The touchpad and mouse seem to cancel each other out.? I think simply disabling the touchpad would solve the conflicts. I have contacted Gateway, Logictech and Windows.? No one seems to have a solution. Windows says it is not a Windows problem, Gateway says contact Logictec and Logictec says contact Gateway. This problem is taking all the fun out of using my computer.? I am not comfortable using the touchpad and would prefer using the mouse. > > Thanks in advance for any help offer. > Donna ------------------------------ Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:01:45 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Disable Touchpad > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I had an issue similar to this with a DELL laptop that has a touchpad AND > joystick thingy -- you could use either one. The Touchpad generally doesn't > go  bad and cause the cursor to jump all around but the joystick device is > prone to  causing this type of problem The solution or workaround is as you > say--disabling  the divice that is causing the problem in the settings for > pointing device. In  addition to causing the cursor to jump around in my > case--it also often slid  down to the task bar would causing erroneous items > there to be "clicked" on --  like a phantom control! A Google search told me > this was a fairly common problem  with this particular model of DELL laptop but > as soon as the joystick  pointing device was disabled the problem stopped. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 9/7/2010 9:43:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi  Donna, I have a Gateway NV54 and use a mouse without disengaging > anything;  however, try going to Control Panel, Mouse, Device Settings, and tick > the  Disable if it shows your  touchpad. > > HTH, > Peggy > >

Hello Bev, Thursday, September 9, 2010, 2:56:45 AM, you wrote: BC> I bought a mouse for my laptop & use that instead of the pad. I BC> didn't disable anything. Unfortunately different makes of laptop are vastly different in the way the handle the touch pad - some have a button to disable when typing and personally I think that's the better overall solution as those who prefer a proper mouse can permanently turn off the touch pad with the press of a button. In Donna's case the maker isn't as 'touch pad friendly' but often you don't get to find that out until you've bought the thing, and since it's not actually faulty it's not a reason to reject it :-( Hopefully Donna can find the magic setting to turn it off or it's going to mean surgery to disconnect inside and that's a whole new ball game - not to mention voiding warranties !!! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:[email protected] MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid' 64bit