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Old May 22nd 18, 02:48 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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Default Can touchpad settings be locked, or saved?

In message , R.Wieser
writes:
J.P. ,

Touchpads ? I hate them, I turn them off and plug in a real mouse !...

Jokes aside, there is a very good chance that they are stored in the
registry, and that you can find them by searching for the company name and
stuff like that.

Or, a way of saving current settings that is relatively easy to restore?


And you can ex- and import registry branches *very* easily. Though,
depending on the driver, a reboot might be needed after importing one to get
it noticed/read by the driver again.


Finding the relevant registry branch(es), and certainly rebooting to
reload them, was/is a _lot_ more tedious than I was hoping for. A reboot
normally does restore the 'pad to how I want it to work anyway - or even
just waiting.

As for locking ? As far as I know thats possible (upto a point). Though
the best I can suggest in that regard is that you search for "registry" and
"locking entries" (or something like it), as it has been too long for me to
remember exactly how I did it myself.


Again, more delving than I'd hoped to do. I was hoping that someone
might know a generic way of preventing the changes.

Hope that helps.


Thanks very much for trying.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


John
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