[AccessD] Vista and the touchpad

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue May 13 08:41:47 CDT 2008


Naw, send it to Microsoft.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Dan Waters wrote:
> Karen:  Please send John an itemized bill for your services.
> 
> Something like,
> 1) Telling John how to do it:    $1.00
> 2) Knowing what to tell John:    Much, MUCH More!
> 
> Dan
> 
> ;-)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:21 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> 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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