In message , Gene E. Bloch
writes:
On 2/20/2012, Thip posted:
"W. eWatson" wrote in message
...
Often I use the pad on my laptop to move the cursor. However, I
began using the mouse more recently. I have a Gateway MX6453 laptop
about 4 years old. My thumbs often accidentally hit the pad while
typing, and the cursor goes to some random place where I'm typing,
brings up a new window, or to a lot of other unintended places. How
do I turn off the pad?

Been following this thread because of my own problems. Here's what I
ended up doing:

Checked Mouse in Control Panel and saw two (no option to disable)
Unplugged the mouse and went back to Control Panel
Uninstalled the one that was left
Rebooted and plugged in the mouse
Touchpad gone!

I posted the same idea just two minutes before reading your post. Looks
like I'm a day late and a dollar short!

Great minds and so forth...

Strange, I didn't see that post initially, but anyway: no, I don't think
you'll see an option to disable in Control Panel under mice. You'll find
it in Device Manager.
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