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    Studio XPS 16 Touchpad Question

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by largefarva, Sep 7, 2009.

  1. largefarva

    largefarva Notebook Consultant

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    I recently ordered a SXPS 16 and have a potentially silly question about the touchpad. For when I want to play a game and need to use a USB mouse is there a way to disable the touchpad like I can with my current ASUS G2S laptop? Nothing is more annoying when trying to play a game and having inadvertant mouse clicks and movement because I can't or forgot to disable the touchpad while using a mouse.
     
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    ninja2000 Mash IT

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    I have set my touchpad to auto disable when I plug a USB mouse in. The option is in the dell touchpad driver.
     
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    largefarva Notebook Consultant

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    OK cool...that's even better! Thank you for the response. :)
     
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    entrance002 Notebook Consultant

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    yea, just go to the touchpad icon in the status bar below, double click it. it has all the setting options.
     
    entrance002, Sep 7, 2009
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    largefarva Notebook Consultant

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    Good stuff to know. I'll definitely keep that in mind when we get my wife's laptop. Thanks for the info as well.
     
    largefarva, Sep 7, 2009
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