Disable Dell Laptop's Touchpad Disable Touch Pad of your Laptop Avoid Erratic Cursor Movement When Typing How to Disable Touchpad - HP Support Forum Hope this helps. Read the manual for the system for the specific instructions or contact the manufacturers support for that laptop.
Other laptops simply automatically disable the touchpad when you plug in an external mouse. On some systems, you can disable the touchpad in the systems BIOS settings, while on others, such as most Dell systems there is an option in Control Panel/Mouse/Dell Touchpad settings. This is not a Windows configuration setting. Hi How to Disable the touchpad depends on which type of computer or touchpad you are using. Again, I know it is not another driver as has been suggested in other threads as nothing changed except my version of the OS. Please advise how I can return my laptop to how I want it to work. I'm pointed to outdated OS information or additional workaround drivers. Nothing else has changed, and no searches return working information. Prior to that, I had my touchpad disabled as I use an external device. On any Windows laptop I use for any length of time, I always disable two touchpad settings: tapping and zoom. I hope someone can help recently we installed Windows7 to our laptops. On my Dell Latitude, the settings for all touchpad settings are located in Dells custom Pointing Devices shell, which is accessible from the Dell Touchpad tab in the Mouse Properties window in Mouse & touchpad settings.
