Foote, Chris
Chris.Foote at uk.thalesgroup.com
Tue May 13 08:57:36 CDT 2008
That's interesting William! I've got a two week old Acer Aspire 5315 running Vista Home Basic, and Fn + F7 seems to lock the touch pad. Thanks for that! Regards Chris F > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William > Hindman > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:35 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Vista and the touchpad > > > ...both of my laptops come with a function key combo to turn > the touchpad > on/off from the keyboard. > > William > "The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, > ignorance may deride > it, but in the end; there it is." > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:20 AM > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Vista and the touchpad > > > You da man Karen! I was able to turn off the touch pad > entirely in the > > BIOS. that means that I will have to go in there to turn it on if I > > need it (stupid really) but at least it is disabled and I can get on > > with my life. > > > > Thanks! > > > > John W. Colby > > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > > > > Karen Rosenstiel wrote: > >> Look in the bios. Should be a choice of using the laptop > >> touchpad/keyboard > >> or periperals, or both. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Karen Rosenstiel > >> Seattle WA USA > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:34 AM > >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; > Discussion of > >> Hardware > >> and Software issues > >> Subject: [AccessD] Vista and the touchpad > >> > >> Microsoft must hire a special brand of idiots. > >> > >> I am not finding ANY way to turn off the touchpad in > Vista. I have a > >> bluetooth mouse which is what I use. The touchpad is > still enabled, and > >> even worse is set to use a tap as a mouse click, so my > thumb is always > >> touching the touchpad as I type and the mouse gets moved > off to someplace > >> where it is not supposed to be. > >> > >> In XP you could simply select the touchpad and disable it. Vista > >> apparently > >> thinks the touchpad is so critical that they completely > prevent you from > >> disabling it without uninstalling the driver (which I am > about to do). > >> > >> I NEED THIS TURNED OFF, but it would be nice to be able to > get it back if > >> I > >> ever need to use my laptop without the mouse. > >> > >> I went out and found a driver specifically for the > touchpad but even that > >> does not (AFAICT) allow you to just disable the damned thing. > >> > >> Does anyone know how to just disable the damned thing? > >> > >> Microsoft must hire a special brand of idiots. Nobody's > idiots can match > >> Microsoft's idiots. > >> > >> -- > >> John W. Colby > >> www.ColbyConsulting.com > >> -- > >> AccessD mailing list > >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG. > >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1429 - Release Date: > >> 5/12/2008 > >> 6:14 PM > >> > >> > >> No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> Checked by AVG. > >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1429 - Release Date: > >> 5/12/2008 > >> 6:14 PM > >> > >> > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >