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How do I disconnect the touch pad on the Sony Vaio laptop?

I don't have a Sony so it might be a little different on your machine, but there are definitely places to look.

I'd start with the Mouse settings in Control Panel. I'd specifically look for something that allows you to control or turn off the touchpad. If that's not there, then in the Hardware tab therein, you could try disabling the device that corresponds to the touchpad. The only catch is that the device might not be called "Touchpad". As I sit here working on my Dell, the Touchpad is actually referred to as a PS/2 Port Mouse ... meaning that it's just mimicking a standard mouse.

Be prepared to know your keyboard-only interface if that disables your "other" mouse as well. That could happen, and the way to restore that is to re-enable the driver.

If, like my Dell, your computer has both a touchpad and an "eraser head" mouse, unless there's something specific for it in control panel, you'll be disabling or enabling both together.

If there's nothing in the Control Panel that allows you to control your touchpad, another place to look is in your system BIOS. When you boot your machine, before Windows begins loading, you're probably given the option to hit some key to enter setup, or press a function key to change BIOS settings. Exactly where will vary a great deal from one manufacturer to the next, but I have also seen options in the system BIOS that allow you to control it's behavior.

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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.

Posted by: Earlene at June 9, 2006 11:04 PM

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?

Posted by: Kurt Sailer at July 25, 2006 08:26 PM

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.

Posted by: Kyle at September 3, 2006 03:35 AM

my touchpad dont work

Posted by: samai at October 4, 2006 06:22 PM

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

Posted by: kass at November 24, 2006 02:13 PM

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

Posted by: Dave Burley at November 25, 2006 11:13 AM

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

Posted by: Richard at November 30, 2006 04:22 AM

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

Posted by: Mr. T at December 10, 2006 01:52 PM

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

Posted by: Sandra Kane at February 5, 2007 02:56 PM

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

Posted by: Henry Bosco at August 20, 2007 12:21 PM

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