[dba-Tech] Vista and the touchpad

That is indeed apparently the only way, stupid really.  But it works and 
that is all that matters.

Thanks,

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Dan Waters wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> In my 2002 Dell laptop using XP, the way to turn off the touchbpad was to go
> into the BIOS.  I didn't know of another way - but I didn't look either.
> 
> Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:34 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; Discussion of Hardware
> and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] 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.
>