[AccessD] Vista and the touchpad

He can't afford me ;-)

--
Karen Rosenstiel
Seattle WA USA

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dan Waters" <dwaters at usinternet.com>
> 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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> > www.ColbyConsulting.com
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