David McAfee
davidmcafee at gmail.com
Tue May 13 14:16:44 CDT 2008
+1 I have the same model and thats how I do it. On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Foote, Chris <Chris.Foote at uk.thalesgroup.com> wrote: > > That's interesting William! > > I've got a two week old Acer Aspire 5315 running Vista Home Basic, and Fn + > F7 seems to lock the touch pad. Thanks for that! > > Regards > > Chris F > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William > > Hindman > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:35 PM > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Subject: Re: [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." > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> John W. Colby > > >> www.ColbyConsulting.com > > >> -- > > >> AccessD mailing list > > >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >> > > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > > >> Checked by AVG. > > >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1429 - Release Date: > > >> 5/12/2008 > > >> 6:14 PM > > >> > > >> > > >> No virus found in this outgoing message. > > >> Checked by AVG. > > >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1429 - Release Date: > > >> 5/12/2008 > > >> 6:14 PM > > >> > > >> > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >