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    saully

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by saully, Jun 17, 2008.

  1. saully

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    How do I disable the mouse pad on my Acer 7720-6569 running Vista?
     
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    Press FN(thanks BigO)+F7 :) You could disable it from the touchpad software too Synaptic/ALPS.
     
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    hoggie old boy

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    hit it with hammer :D
    or in the settings you can set it so when you plug in a USB mouse it turns the touch pad off, and back on when you remove the mouse :D
     
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    hoggie old boy

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    see the tick :D
     
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    a bit off topic but..


    Synaptics is running really weird here..first at start up the icon is not there, but the driver is loaded. If I kill him and run it again, it loads, and the icon is shown, but there are just a few options..I remember the Synaptics with my ASUS has a bunch of settings to modify. I can't make it to work properly..any ideas?
     
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    Fn + F7

    disables my touchpad
     
    bigozone, Jun 17, 2008
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    hoggie old boy

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    see where the pointer is high lighted when its like that hit settings and have a look in there
     
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    hoggie old boy

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    i never have trouble with mine, but im always playing with the settings so its right for me.only trouble i did have once was a when the ram got so hot. it was affecting the touch pad
     
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    OK in 'Device Manager' I can see the Synaptics driver is installed and working properly. I can see it in 'Mouse Properties'->Hardware too. But in Synaptics 'Device Settings' I see only my USB mouse..
    Rightclick on the Synaptics Icon->Accessories->Pressure Graph/MoodPad give me 'Sorry this program requires a Synaptics TouchPad and the Synaptics Pointing Device Driver'.
     
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    sounds iffy mate.it looks like a driver problem.
    when you right click the icon do you get the pointing device properties ?
     
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    i bet in the hardware tab it shows the touch pad.
    so when you disconnect the mouse. you should get the properties when you right click the icon :D
     
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    just remembered i rolled back my drivers, as the new ones where cwap.
     
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    i like the OLD ALPS drivers i found for an ASPIRE 3080,, my cursor has not jumped once since installing the OLD drivers...

    synaptics drivers suck IMO

    bigO
     
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    Thanks,
    I updated the driver. Seems as though the drivers are okay.
     
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    How do you get the old drivers?
     
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    well i'm using XP so i don't know if my driver would help you with VISTA

    what i would do if i were you is go to the acer support site

    support.acer-euro.com

    and search for ANY LAPTOP that has an ALPS driver for VISTA 32bit if that is your OS

    but it's just a "mouse driver" id doesn't matter what laptop it comes from as long as it's for the same OS as you are using.. and ALPS DRIVERS seem to be the only ones that don't JUMP all over while typing

    hope it helps

    bigO
     
    bigozone, Jun 17, 2008
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