[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."

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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.
>>
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