[SOLVED] Evesham Laptop-Locking the touchpad

Dave0068 · 03-16-2009, 05:48 PM

I've had this laptop for some time, it's an Evesham with AMD Turion 64 and 1.58 GHZ, 1GB RAM. As far as I can see there are no applets for touchpad management. I would like to know if/how I can lock the touchpad while I'm working as I keep accidentally moving around my documents!

Thanks

David

**TriggerFinger** · 03-16-2009, 06:26 PM

Hi David,

Some brands have a switch to lock the touchpad. If yours doesn't have one, may be you can just disable it from the Device Manager. May be you can also try to see mouse/touchpad controls in Control Panel.

Dave0068 · 03-18-2009, 04:27 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. I don't have a lock on the machine and i'm not sure which device the touchpad is in device manager(i use a plug in usb mouse when at home as well). I'm not sure that disabling the touchpad will help if i'm sat on the couch and i only want it off while i'm writing a document. it seems like a step too far-on the other hand it is really annoying if the pointer moves while you're typing!

**TriggerFinger** · 03-18-2009, 08:34 AM

Try in Control Panel... Open touchpad properties... may be there is a sensitivity adjustment there.

Dave0068 · 03-18-2009, 09:05 AM

Thanks for your help TriggerFinger. The mouse applet in Control Panel doubles for the touch pad and for the notebook mouse. So I've put a shortcut in and I can turn down the pointer sensitivity when I'm working in a document.

03-16-2009, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dave0068 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Paisley, Scotland Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP Home SP3, XP Pro SP 3	[SOLVED] Evesham Laptop-Locking the touchpad I've had this laptop for some time, it's an Evesham with AMD Turion 64 and 1.58 GHZ, 1GB RAM. As far as I can see there are no applets for touchpad management. I would like to know if/how I can lock the touchpad while I'm working as I keep accidentally moving around my documents! Thanks David

03-16-2009, 06:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Evesham Laptop-Locking the touchpad Hi David, Some brands have a switch to lock the touchpad. If yours doesn't have one, may be you can just disable it from the Device Manager. May be you can also try to see mouse/touchpad controls in Control Panel. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

03-18-2009, 04:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dave0068 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Paisley, Scotland Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP Home SP3, XP Pro SP 3	Re: Evesham Laptop-Locking the touchpad Thanks for the suggestions. I don't have a lock on the machine and i'm not sure which device the touchpad is in device manager(i use a plug in usb mouse when at home as well). I'm not sure that disabling the touchpad will help if i'm sat on the couch and i only want it off while i'm writing a document. it seems like a step too far-on the other hand it is really annoying if the pointer moves while you're typing!

03-18-2009, 08:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Evesham Laptop-Locking the touchpad Try in Control Panel... Open touchpad properties... may be there is a sensitivity adjustment there. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

03-18-2009, 09:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dave0068 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Paisley, Scotland Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP Home SP3, XP Pro SP 3	Re: Evesham Laptop-Locking the touchpad Thanks for your help TriggerFinger. The mouse applet in Control Panel doubles for the touch pad and for the notebook mouse. So I've put a shortcut in and I can turn down the pointer sensitivity when I'm working in a document.