Most laptop owners are so accustomed to enjoy the mouse that the touchpad (from the English TouchPad) remains almost unclaimed. A device that imitates the mouse is a capacitive sensor that responds to the slightest touch of the hands and often causing inconvenience when typing. Lost sensory mouse can be disabled.
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Laptop manufacturers took care that the touch mouse can be easily and simply translated into the off state by pressing a special button, like Hewlett Packard, or various keyboard shortcuts:
Fn + F9 for ASUS,;
Fn + F7 for Acer;
Fn + F5 for Dell;
Fn + F8 for Lenovo.
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The ability to disable the touchpad is provided in the latest versions of Windows. To access the device parameters, run the "Control Panel" and go to the "Mouse" section, Touch Touch / Disable Touch Panel. If you have Windows XP installed, you can stop the operation of the touchpad through the Device Manager.
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Since the operation of the sensory mouse is usually controlled by a special program, the necessary operations for managing the operation of the touchpad can be carried out directly with its help. The program options are also duplicated in the mouse operation parameters. Depending on the manufacturer of the laptop, you can be installed on your device. SYNAPTICS POINTING DEVICE DRIVER Or drivers from Elantech or Alps. If one of them is installed, you will find it in the tray and you can easily disable the touchpad. Similarly, other drivers work, for example, ASUS SMART GESTURE - After installation, you can solve the problem of excessive touchpad, choosing the "Disconnect the touchpad when connecting the USB mouse".
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A wonderful option to disconnect the touchpad during the text set time has a free TouchPad PAL program that follows the user's actions using a smart algorithm. You can download it on the official developer website Desofto..
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Finally, it is possible to disable the touch mouse in the BIOS settings. To do this, in the "INTERNAL POINTING DEVICE" (Advanced menu), you need to select "Disable".
And one more simple way - to close the touchpad of a sheet of cardboard or paper. This tool is suitable for those who do not want to dig in the operating system settings for a long time, but not devoid of both their inconvenience.