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.

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.

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser