Dell Vostro 1500 touch pad

eisler1946 · 06-27-2009, 04:43 PM

I want to disable the touch pad. I have gone to "control panel" and "mouse" but the touchpad doesn't appear.

**Tyree** · 06-28-2009, 08:24 AM

I found this on another forum and I assume CP means Control Panel:
**in CP -> mouse but not at all obvious. When you go to CP -> mouse and select anything to do with the touchpad it opens a stupid third party (dell) menu that is very confusing and has too many options spread across way too many tabs. I spent ages this morning looking through all the different menus and finally stumbled across a check box to disable touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in.**
I also read there "might" be a "f" key that disables it.

**simpswr** · 06-28-2009, 08:51 AM

The easiest way is to disable the touch pad in Device Manager

06-27-2009, 04:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
eisler1946 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Dell Vostro 1500 touch pad I want to disable the touch pad. I have gone to "control panel" and "mouse" but the touchpad doesn't appear. Last edited by eisler1946; 06-27-2009 at 04:48 PM. Reason: additional info

06-28-2009, 08:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,758 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Dell Vostro 1500 touch pad I found this on another forum and I assume CP means Control Panel: in CP -> mouse but not at all obvious. When you go to CP -> mouse and select anything to do with the touchpad it opens a stupid third party (dell) menu that is very confusing and has too many options spread across way too many tabs. I spent ages this morning looking through all the different menus and finally stumbled across a check box to disable touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in. I also read there "might" be a "f" key that disables it. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently. Last edited by simpswr; 06-28-2009 at 08:49 AM. Reason: language

06-28-2009, 08:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,299 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Dell Vostro 1500 touch pad The easiest way is to disable the touch pad in Device Manager __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?