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Controlling my laptop's keypad and cursor
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? |
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"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? Go to Control Panel Mouse, and click on the Device Settings tab. Your touchpad should be listed there (on my M6850-fx, it's a Synaptics TouchPad V5.10; yours may be similar). Highlight it and click on Disable, Apply, and OK. That will allow your mouse to still work without it being distracted by the touch pad. -- SC Tom |
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On 2/18/2012 12:34 PM, SC Tom wrote:
"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? Go to Control Panel Mouse, and click on the Device Settings tab. Your touchpad should be listed there (on my M6850-fx, it's a Synaptics TouchPad V5.10; yours may be similar). Highlight it and click on Disable, Apply, and OK. That will allow your mouse to still work without it being distracted by the touch pad. Ah, touchpad, not keypad. OK, I went there are no Device tabs. Pointers, Pointer Options, Wheels, Hardware. OK, I'm on Hardware. I've looked here before. I an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse under devices. No touchpad. I may be going by a Best Buy store in awhile. That's who I bought it froml. Maybe they know. |
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"W. eWatson" wrote in message ... On 2/18/2012 12:34 PM, SC Tom wrote: "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? Go to Control Panel Mouse, and click on the Device Settings tab. Your touchpad should be listed there (on my M6850-fx, it's a Synaptics TouchPad V5.10; yours may be similar). Highlight it and click on Disable, Apply, and OK. That will allow your mouse to still work without it being distracted by the touch pad. Ah, touchpad, not keypad. OK, I went there are no Device tabs. Pointers, Pointer Options, Wheels, Hardware. OK, I'm on Hardware. I've looked here before. I an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse under devices. No touchpad. I may be going by a Best Buy store in awhile. That's who I bought it froml. Maybe they know. According to site http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/...3913Rsp2.shtml yours should have the same touchpad as mine. Did your laptop come with Windows 7, or did you upgrade it from Vista? If an upgrade, then you would need to install the Gateway Synaptics driver to see it in Mouse settings. If you look here http://support.gateway.com/us/en/pro...umber=1013913R you'll see there are no Windows 7 drivers for that laptop; you can install the Vista one for your version, and then follow the instructions I posted. The pretty much what I did with mine since there were no Windows 7 drivers for mine either. -- SC Tom |
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I may be going by a Best Buy store in awhile. That's who I bought it froml. Maybe they know. According to site http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/...3913Rsp2.shtml yours should have the same touchpad as mine. Did your laptop come with Windows 7, or did you upgrade it from Vista? If an upgrade, then you would need to install the Gateway Synaptics driver to see it in Mouse settings. If you look here I had Win 7 put on about 3 weeks ago. XP Pro 32bit (I think) was the forerunner. I think I'm on Win 7 pro. http://support.gateway.com/us/en/pro...umber=1013913R you'll see there are no Windows 7 drivers for that laptop; you can install the Vista one for your version, and then follow the instructions I posted. The pretty much what I did with mine since there were no Windows 7 drivers for mine either. Maybe I can put paper across it with scotch tape. :-) I the driver link for XP Pro had a touchpad driver, but no messages there from you. The drive shows x64. |
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"W. eWatson" wrote in message ... ... I may be going by a Best Buy store in awhile. That's who I bought it froml. Maybe they know. According to site http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/...3913Rsp2.shtml yours should have the same touchpad as mine. Did your laptop come with Windows 7, or did you upgrade it from Vista? If an upgrade, then you would need to install the Gateway Synaptics driver to see it in Mouse settings. If you look here I had Win 7 put on about 3 weeks ago. XP Pro 32bit (I think) was the forerunner. I think I'm on Win 7 pro. http://support.gateway.com/us/en/pro...umber=1013913R you'll see there are no Windows 7 drivers for that laptop; you can install the Vista one for your version, and then follow the instructions I posted. The pretty much what I did with mine since there were no Windows 7 drivers for mine either. Maybe I can put paper across it with scotch tape. :-) I the driver link for XP Pro had a touchpad driver, but no messages there from you. The drive shows x64. Use the Vista 64-bit driver. This is the download link: http://global-download.gateway.com/G...EBOOK&Step2=MX SERIES&Step3=MX6450&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=GATEWAY&SC=PA_ 6G or the tiny.url link if that one doesn't show well: http://preview.tinyurl.com/8833tgp The "preview" shows you where it's going so you can verify that really IS where it's going :-) -- SC Tom |
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In message , W. eWatson
writes: On 2/18/2012 12:34 PM, SC Tom wrote: "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? [] Ah, touchpad, not keypad. OK, I went there are no Device tabs. Pointers, Pointer Options, Wheels, Hardware. OK, I'm on Hardware. I've looked here before. I an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse under devices. No touchpad. [] If you see (I presume the word "see" is missing from the above!) "an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse", after plugging in your mouse (you say you are using "the mouse", so I presume you are plugging one in), then one of those probably _is_ the touchpad; after all, for most software, it functions as a mouse. Try disabling each of those! (I suspect it'll be the PS/2 one.) [Don't disable both - that includes making sure the re-enabled one has started working again - if you find it's the wrong one, unless you're familiar with how to use the computer without a mouse; it's usually possible, but many people these days don't know how to.] Alternatively, and you'll kick yourself if you have something similar: on this Samsung NC-20, Fn-F10 toggles he touchpad on and off ... (-: -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Never be a musical snob. It's all there to be enjoyed. - Sir Malcolm Sargent |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ... In message , W. eWatson writes: On 2/18/2012 12:34 PM, SC Tom wrote: "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? [] Ah, touchpad, not keypad. OK, I went there are no Device tabs. Pointers, Pointer Options, Wheels, Hardware. OK, I'm on Hardware. I've looked here before. I an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse under devices. No touchpad. [] If you see (I presume the word "see" is missing from the above!) "an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse", after plugging in your mouse (you say you are using "the mouse", so I presume you are plugging one in), then one of those probably _is_ the touchpad; after all, for most software, it functions as a mouse. Try disabling each of those! (I suspect it'll be the PS/2 one.) [Don't disable both - that includes making sure the re-enabled one has started working again - if you find it's the wrong one, unless you're familiar with how to use the computer without a mouse; it's usually possible, but many people these days don't know how to.] Alternatively, and you'll kick yourself if you have something similar: on this Samsung NC-20, Fn-F10 toggles he touchpad on and off ... (-: I wish mine had that, or like my old Compaq had, an on/off pushbutton right above the touchpad. According to the manual for the OP's laptop, there IS a Fn toggle for the touchpad (I missed that earlier). It shows a finger touching a rectangular box with a "not" circle on it. Unfortunately, it doesn't show a picture of the keyboard clear enough to tell which key it is. It seems to be between the "Screen Blank" and "Play" F-keys, but doesn't state definitively which ones they are; it just shows the icons to look for. -- SC Tom |
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On 2/19/2012 9:37 AM, SC Tom wrote:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ... In message , W. eWatson writes: On 2/18/2012 12:34 PM, SC Tom wrote: "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? [] Ah, touchpad, not keypad. OK, I went there are no Device tabs. Pointers, Pointer Options, Wheels, Hardware. OK, I'm on Hardware. I've looked here before. I an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse under devices. No touchpad. [] If you see (I presume the word "see" is missing from the above!) "an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse", after plugging in your mouse (you say you are using "the mouse", so I presume you are plugging one in), then one of those probably _is_ the touchpad; after all, for most software, it functions as a mouse. Try disabling each of those! (I suspect it'll be the PS/2 one.) [Don't disable both - that includes making sure the re-enabled one has started working again - if you find it's the wrong one, unless you're familiar with how to use the computer without a mouse; it's usually possible, but many people these days don't know how to.] Alternatively, and you'll kick yourself if you have something similar: on this Samsung NC-20, Fn-F10 toggles he touchpad on and off ... (-: I wish mine had that, or like my old Compaq had, an on/off pushbutton right above the touchpad. According to the manual for the OP's laptop, there IS a Fn toggle for the touchpad (I missed that earlier). It shows a finger touching a rectangular box with a "not" circle on it. Unfortunately, it doesn't show a picture of the keyboard clear enough to tell which key it is. It seems to be between the "Screen Blank" and "Play" F-keys, but doesn't state definitively which ones they are; it just shows the icons to look for. I wish I had my Gateway manuals with me. In any case, I tried every blue F-key and otherwise, and found nothing to indicate the pad was disabled. It did rattle me a little when f3 turned the screen black. I had to press the power button to get on. Then I got a little rattled again when I started to get numbers instead of letters when I tried typing a response here. The Scroll blue key is actually numlock. My wife noticed that. F4 sort of look like the right key. It has a rectangle with an ellipse in it, slash, then just a rectangle. It didn't help. Maybe I can find the manual on Gateway's site. |
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On 2/19/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted:
In message , W. eWatson writes: On 2/18/2012 12:34 PM, SC Tom wrote: "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? [] Ah, touchpad, not keypad. OK, I went there are no Device tabs. Pointers, Pointer Options, Wheels, Hardware. OK, I'm on Hardware. I've looked here before. I an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse under devices. No touchpad. [] If you see (I presume the word "see" is missing from the above!) "an HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 Compatible Mouse", after plugging in your mouse (you say you are using "the mouse", so I presume you are plugging one in), then one of those probably _is_ the touchpad; after all, for most software, it functions as a mouse. Try disabling each of those! (I suspect it'll be the PS/2 one.) [Don't disable both - that includes making sure the re-enabled one has started working again - if you find it's the wrong one, unless you're familiar with how to use the computer without a mouse; it's usually possible, but many people these days don't know how to.] Alternatively, and you'll kick yourself if you have something similar: on this Samsung NC-20, Fn-F10 toggles he touchpad on and off ... (-: Here's another algorithm for that: Unplug the external mouse. Disable the only remaining mouse. Plug the external mouse back in and reboot (with the Windows key if necessary). Or one could disable the trackpad, shut down, plug the external mouse in, and power on. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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"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? Same problem here with a very low-end Compaq. I had to download a little app called Touchpad Blocker (freeware). It's not 100% perfect but it it solves most of the problems. |
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On 2/18/2012 5:46 PM, Thip wrote:
"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? Same problem here with a very low-end Compaq. I had to download a little app called Touchpad Blocker (freeware). It's not 100% perfect but it it solves most of the problems. Some of the laptops have touch-pad support in BIOS. If so, the touch-pad may work if it is specifically enabled, or "legacy" BIOS support is active. The touch-pad may have only basic functionality that is enhanced when touch-pad support drivers are loaded. I usually use my laptops with with a mouse or trackball, and although the touch-pad advanced options are deliberately disabled, The touch-pad will work anyway. (Even before any windows drivers are loaded) Confusing? Yes! |
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charlie wrote:
On 2/18/2012 5:46 PM, Thip wrote: "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? Same problem here with a very low-end Compaq. I had to download a little app called Touchpad Blocker (freeware). It's not 100% perfect but it it solves most of the problems. Some of the laptops have touch-pad support in BIOS. If so, the touch-pad may work if it is specifically enabled, or "legacy" BIOS support is active. The touch-pad may have only basic functionality that is enhanced when touch-pad support drivers are loaded. I usually use my laptops with with a mouse or trackball, and although the touch-pad advanced options are deliberately disabled, The touch-pad will work anyway. (Even before any windows drivers are loaded) Confusing? Yes! Something that may help is turning the sensitivity of the touchpad all the way down. On the ALPS pad on this Toshiba, the setting is buried way down in the advanced settings section of the control panel mouse section. Synaptics pads that I've used have a setting to ignore accidental touches while typing, similarly buried deep within the advanced settings. -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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Something that may help is turning the sensitivity of the touchpad all the way down. On the ALPS pad on this Toshiba, the setting is buried way down in the advanced settings section of the control panel mouse section. Synaptics pads that I've used have a setting to ignore accidental touches while typing, similarly buried deep within the advanced settings. No such luck here. Maybe I'll just scotch tape paper across the area. :-) Actually, my typing seems to be getting better. I avoided the touch pad altogether in writing this. |
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On 2/18/2012 4:04 PM, charlie wrote:
On 2/18/2012 5:46 PM, Thip wrote: "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? Same problem here with a very low-end Compaq. I had to download a little app called Touchpad Blocker (freeware). It's not 100% perfect but it it solves most of the problems. Some of the laptops have touch-pad support in BIOS. If so, the touch-pad may work if it is specifically enabled, or "legacy" BIOS support is active. The touch-pad may have only basic functionality that is enhanced when touch-pad support drivers are loaded. I usually use my laptops with with a mouse or trackball, and although the touch-pad advanced options are deliberately disabled, The touch-pad will work anyway. (Even before any windows drivers are loaded) Confusing? Yes! Certainly strange, but I'll check bios next time I boot. |
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