Disable touch pad on Dell 7746

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Windows 8.1

1. Move the mouse cursor to the upper right corner of the screen until the Charms Bar appears.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Change PC settings.
4. Under PC settings, select PC and devices.
5. Select Mouse and touchpad.
6. Touchpad; - "To help prevent the censor from accidently moving while you type, change the delay before clicks"

Thanks alot, but I forgot to mention that I have Win 7. There is no touch pad in Win 7 Control Panel.

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1. Clink Control Panel.
2. Click Hardware and Sound.
3. Click Mouse.
4. Click the Dell Touchpad tab.
5. Click the link, Click to change Dell Touchpad settings.
6. Locate the Touchpad On/Off option to disable or enable the touchpad.

Or.....

You may disable it from device manager.To disable touchpad in device manager, follow the steps below.

1. Click on Start.
2. In the start search box type devmgmt.msc and press enter.
3. In device manager expand "Mice and other pointing device" and locate touchpad.
4. Right click on the touch pad and click on disable option.(You can also update latest touch pad driver)

Note: Just to be safe, create a restore point - System restore).

Touchfreeze solved the problem. Dell should preinstall it on all laptops!

Dell would probably need to pay for this. Most free utilities are free only to single, noncommercial users.