[AccessD] Vista and the touchpad

In the BIOS!!!  Thanks Karen, I will report back.  I have just wasted 45 
minutes trying unsuccessfully to turn this thing off.  Can I bill 
someone for my wasted time?

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
> 
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> 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.
> 
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