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Comment from Phillip Grant on 2009-03-16

2009-03-16T15:07:59Z

I have a Dell Latitude/D620 and I was wandering how to disable the mouse pad and just use the pointer in the middle of the keyboard and the two buttons below the space bar. I had the same version laptop and it had the icon on the bottom of the screen, so I am not sure if a program has to be downloaded or not.

I have that same model, and I'm not aware of a way to disable just the trackpad.

- Leo
17-Mar-2009

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Comment from Sue on 2008-11-20

2008-11-20T12:42:48Z

I am using Sony Vaio NR11 by the way.

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Comment from Sue on 2008-11-20

2008-11-20T12:37:35Z

I uninstall the ALPS touchpad driver as suggested by Leo because I don't have the disabled button. I found this version of ALPS driver disables the touchpad when a USB mouse is attached to the laptop:

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7121

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Comment from Henry Bosco on 2007-08-20

2007-08-20T19:21:13Z

How can I disable the #@!!!+??! touch pad on my Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop?

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Comment from Sandra Kane on 2007-02-05

2007-02-05T22:56:43Z

Hi, I have a Toshiba Satalite lap top, I had the new XP profesional put on.
I can't find the "Touch pad" device to disable it.
Can you help me please?
Thann you,
Sandra L Kane

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Comment from Mr. T on 2006-12-10

2006-12-10T21:52:58Z

Sony VAIO PCG-K27. Control Panel/Sony Notebook Setup/Device/uncheck pointing device/OK.

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Comment from Richard on 2006-11-30

2006-11-30T12:22:43Z

I have tried everything listed to disable the touchpad on my Latitude PP01L but I can't find any of the files listed above. This thing is going to drive me bonkers.

Thanks for any help!

Richard

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Comment from Dave Burley on 2006-11-25

2006-11-25T19:13:42Z

Leo,
I recently acquired a refurbished Dell Latitude D600 and I find it very annoying to have to click the touchpad buttons after I move the cursor. Any way I can just move the cursor and start typing?

Thanks,

Dave

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Comment from kass on 2006-11-24

2006-11-24T22:13:38Z

THANK YOU FOR THE FN+ F9... I almost thought i had to give back my toshiba to the vendor.

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Comment from samai on 2006-10-04

2006-10-05T01:22:33Z

my touchpad dont work

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Comment from Kyle on 2006-09-03

2006-09-03T10:35:23Z

I had this exact same problem, and for some reason, when I touched the touchpad, it would move the pointer and I couldn't disable the touchpad under Control Panel > Mouse. Because the touchpad configuration wasn't even there.

So after looking all over the Internet and not finding an easy solution, I tried something and got the solution to making touchpad show up again under Control Panel > Mouse properties.

For some reason, apoint.exe (the ALPS touchpad program) stops starting itself when Windows boots itself, making the touchpad configuration inaccessible.

So this is what needs to be done:

1) Start menu > Search > search all files/folders for a file named apoint.exe (should be in C:\Program Files\Apoint)
2) Right-click on apoint.exe, create a shortcut.
3) Find your Startup folder and put the shortcut in there. (just press START, go to All Programs > Startup, and put the shortcut in that folder.)
4) Reboot then check Control Panel > Mouse, and touchpad configuration should be displayed.

P.S. You do not even have to reboot, you can just execute apoint.exe and touchpad configuration will show up in Control Panel > Mouse. But be sure to put apoint.exe SHORTCUT (***not the file itself***) in Startup folder if you want it to work every time you reboot.

Hope this helps.

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Comment from Kurt Sailer on 2006-07-25

2006-07-26T03:26:22Z

I tried to disable the ALP touch pad on my Dell Latitude D610 but its not possible as the function is grey and can't be changed. Do you have any other idea?

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Comment from Earlene on 2006-06-09

2006-06-10T06:04:36Z

To disable touchpad in my Sony Vaio:

Open My Computer

Open Local Disk (c:)

Open Program Files folder

Open Sony folder

Open Setting Utility Series folder

Open VCCPointingDevice

"Built-n Pointing Device" window pops up

Uncheck the Enable box.

Say yes, I am sure.

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Comment from Thies on 2006-04-13

2006-04-13T15:59:00Z

I've accidently shut off a touchpad for a laptop by preventing the processes that control it from starting up at boot time.

Used msconfig and services.msc to stop these processes. The actual process names will vary per laptop and this may not even come close to working if the touchpad is controlled by hardware that's built in, but it's worth a shot if you really wanna stop the touchpad altogether.

Go through your process and services lists and Google those you think are involved with the touchpad. Stop 'em from running and voila.

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Comment from Tana-Lee on 2006-04-12

2006-04-13T01:49:50Z

Aloha,

My Toshiba 1135-S1551 Alps touchpad is not responding to selections I made in properties (i.e., hide cursor when typing). I re-installed the driver to no avail.

PLEASE help me resolve this problem!

Tana-Lee

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Comment from Jeff on 2006-03-14

2006-03-15T07:29:11Z

I have been having problem with the touchpad for YEARS...Thank you for the FN+f9 holy %$#* that is awesome. I had a card taped over my pad for 3 years because I could not figure it out.

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Comment from Holly on 2006-03-14

2006-03-15T01:01:47Z

how do you reconnect toouchpad?

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Comment from Barry Bradley on 2006-03-08

2006-03-08T15:08:11Z

Actually, the only way I found I could do it was to go Start, Control Panel, Sony Notebook Setup, Device, and then untick the pointing device tickbox. Confirm this when the button appears and enjoy cursor-jump free tying from now on.

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Comment from omar on 2006-02-26

2006-02-27T02:17:21Z

Toshiba touchpads can usually be disabled with the special functions keys. On most it is FN + F9. 'F' keys should have pictures hinting what their secondary functions are.

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Comment from tranvanhung on 2005-12-09

2005-12-09T08:19:26Z

Can you show me how to disconnect the touch pad on the Toshiba laptop, please!
thanks!

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Comment from Bert on 2005-11-02

2005-11-02T18:50:34Z

(Giving something back to Leo) --- Sony's touchpad can be a pain. Accidental touch can make cursor jump elsewhere when you are trying to type a document.

So, plug in a mouse and then right-click My Computer, Properties, Device Manager tab, Mouse, highlight Alps GlidePoint or the equivalent, Properties, check "Disable in this hardware profile." If that doesn't work, the touchpad software is corrupted. Re-install Alps and then disable it per the above.

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