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    P150EM - Turn off Touchpad When Mouse Connected?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by quietas, Oct 8, 2012.

  1. quietas

    quietas Notebook Consultant

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    I got my new P150EM and I can't seem to find a Synaptics driver which has the ability to turn off the touchpad when an external mouse is connected. It's rather common, my Dell and older HP both have this, so does my wife's new Gigabyte. Does anyone know how I can do this?
     
    quietas, Oct 8, 2012
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  2. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    shortcut keys Fn & F1
     
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  3. quietas

    quietas Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, I've got that and it works. But it's annoying and I only remember after I have hit the thouchpad accidentally, causing me to type somewhere else on the screen.
     
    quietas, Oct 8, 2012
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  4. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    me done that quite a few times :) you get used to it after a while.
     
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  5. HTWingNut

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    Use this registry edit ( for Synaptics touchpad ONLY):

    Touchpad_auto_disable.zip

    Or just copy / paste this into notepad and save as a .reg file, double click, accept the registry change, reboot, and voila, any time a USB mouse is installed the touchpad is disabled.

    Code: 
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh]
"DisableIntPDFeature"=dword:00000033

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTPEnh]
"DisableIntPDFeature"=dword:00000033
    To remove the entry just run this file and reboot:

    Code: 
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh]
"DisableIntPDFeature"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTPEnh]
"DisableIntPDFeature"=-
    Or just download the zip and read the readme.
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 10, 2012
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  6. littlecx

    littlecx Notebook Deity

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    littlecx, Oct 10, 2012
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  7. Srikar

    Srikar Notebook Evangelist

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    I just disabled it through the tray icon. I got tired of it not remembering my setting like on my other computers.
     
    Srikar, Oct 10, 2012
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  8. quietas

    quietas Notebook Consultant

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    @HTWingNut
    Thanks, that registry code worked great. After rebooting I now have the check box and it works as it is supposed to.
     
    quietas, Oct 10, 2012
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  9. HTWingNut

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    Ah, it adds the checkbox now. Last system I tried it on, it worked, but the check mark didn't show. Sure enough, just checked mine and voila, there it is.

    I don't know why Synaptics decided to remove it. It used to be in their older drivers, but not any more for some reason. But as long as the registry edit continues to work, I'm ok with it.
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 11, 2012
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