[AccessD] Vista and the touchpad

Yea, mine doesn't.  8-(

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


William Hindman wrote:
> ...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-----
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>>> 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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