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.
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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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Article C2449 - October 30, 2005
my touchpad dont work
Posted by: samai at October 4, 2006 6:22 PMTHANK 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 2:13 PMLeo,
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 AMI 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 4:22 AMSony VAIO PCG-K27. Control Panel/Sony Notebook Setup/Device/uncheck pointing device/OK.
Posted by: Mr. T at December 10, 2006 1:52 PMHi, I have a Toshiba Satalite lap top, I had the new XP profesional put on.
Posted by: Sandra Kane at February 5, 2007 2:56 PMI can't find the "Touch pad" device to disable it.
Can you help me please?
Thann you,
Sandra L Kane
How can I disable the #@!!!+??! touch pad on my Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop?
Posted by: Henry Bosco at August 20, 2007 12:21 PMI 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
Posted by: Sue at November 20, 2008 4:37 AMI am using Sony Vaio NR11 by the way.
Posted by: Sue at November 20, 2008 4:42 AMI 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.
17-Mar-2009