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    How to disable 5520 Touchpad

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by luketheduke, Apr 11, 2008.

  1. luketheduke

    luketheduke Newbie

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    I find the touchpad a bit annoying and would like to use an external mouse. How do I disable the touchpad? Thanks in advance.
     
    luketheduke, Apr 11, 2008
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    jonspencerbx Notebook Enthusiast

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    On the 5920 it's simply Fn+F7.

    M.
     
    jonspencerbx, Apr 11, 2008
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    hoggie old boy

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    there's two way, the post above or
    in the settings there's a check box Disable internal pointing device when external USB pointing device is connected
    thats what i use.
     
    hoggie, Apr 11, 2008
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    luketheduke Newbie

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    Thank you for pointing me to the right direction.
     
    luketheduke, Apr 11, 2008
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    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    Excuse the pun... :D :D :D

    Cheers,
    Theo
     
    TeeJay 44, Apr 13, 2008
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    brookntrent Newbie

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    I tried these suggestions on my acer 5520 notebook and found they didn't work for me. I was frustrated with the tapping function so I went to "control panel"- "mouse"- "tapping" and on the upper left of the "tapping" screen there was a box that said "tapping" and I unchecked it and it worked!! Yea!!
     
    brookntrent, Mar 22, 2009
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