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    Cannot turn off the touchpad

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Anamezon, Mar 5, 2011.

  1. Anamezon

    Anamezon Newbie

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    hello to everybody! today i bought a laptop (Asus K52F) and also an external mouse... and now i can't turn off the touchpad which disturb me a lot when i'm typing...... i tried the combination fn+f9, which doesn't working....... please help me!?(((
     
    Anamezon, Mar 5, 2011
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  2. michael_recycled

    michael_recycled Notebook Deity

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    Hi,

    what touchpad is installed? Check Device Manager.
    In case it is a Synaptics, then this might help:
    Code: 
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTP]
"DisableTouchPadIfMousePresent"=dword:00000001
    Copy the entire stuff into a new textfile (in notepad) and save it as no_mouse_with_touchpad.reg (or similar). Double click and reboot. You should then have a checkbox in the properties (device settings tab) of your pointing device that allows you to automagically turn off the touchpad if a mouse is attached.

    Michael
     
    michael_recycled, Mar 5, 2011
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  3. tuηay

    tuηay o TuNaY o

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    Also, some (most) do have this option in BIOS, depends on how often you use your touchpad it might me usefull for you :)
     
    tuηay, Mar 5, 2011
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  4. Zeptinune

    Zeptinune Notebook Evangelist

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    Not only that but there is sometimes a program that can disable the touchpad. On my old HP Laptop there was a 'Fn + Touchpad Disable/Enable' button shortcut key combination. Try the registry modification above.

    Also, you might not have synaptics driver installed. Without the driver, when using a Usb mouse the mouse can click to wherever it is located even if you don't touch the touchpad. Just install the new drivers to fix to problem.
     
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