I have an inspiron 1100 notebook. I cannot disable the touch pad. I use an external mouse & end up accidentally hitting the touch pad many times during use. I have checked the bios but there is no "disable" nor reference to the pointiing device that I can find.
Go to the control panel. From there, click on Mouse (in classic view). in that window you can hit the "Disable" button to turn the internal mouse off.
Hope this helps!
Josh
PS: just a heads up, you are posting in an Inspiron area of the forum. Please direct all of your Latittude questions to the Lattitude section. This just helps you get the most accurate answer to your question. Thank you!
I got an answer from Dell on this one - and it works!
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3. How to disable the touch pad
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To disable the touch pad:
* Restart the system.
* As soon as text or a picture appears on the computer screen, press and release [F2] every 3 seconds to enter system setup.
* If your computer boots to Windows, repeat this procedure again.
* Once in the BIOS, toggle to either the "Pointing Devices" or "Internal Touch Pad" section and change the setting to "PS/2 Mouse" or "Auto Disabled" respectively. Follow the instructions at the bottom of your BIOS Setup screen for changing pages and device settings.
* Save changes and exit the BIOS.
This will disable the touch-pad when an external mouse is connected and allow the touch pad to work only when you do not have an external mouse attached the computer.
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4. How to disable the track stick
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Sometimes, over time, the keyboard places pressure on the track stick, causing erratic cursor movement. It is possible to correct this problem by disabling the track stick and using either the touch pad or an external mouse for cursor movement. First, determine whether or not your notebook has a track stick. If it does, the track stick will appear as a small button looking much like a pencil eraser near the centre of your keyboard.
* If your computer is running Windows 2000:
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
2. Double-click the Mouse icon. The Mouse Properties window appears.
3. Depending on which version of the Synaptics Touch Pad drivers you have, you will have a tab labelled Touch or a tab labelled Device Settings. Click on whichever of the two you have.
4. If you are on the Touch tab, click on the drop down menu and choose Pointing Stick on PS/2 Port. If you are on the device settings tab, highlight Pointing Stick.
5. Check the selection to Disable the device or pointing stick.
6. Click OK
* If your computer is using Windows XP:
1. Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel on the right side.
The Control Panel window appears.
2. Double-click the Mouse icon. The Mouse Properties window appears.
3. Depending on which version of the Synaptics Touch Pad drivers you have, you will have a tab labelled Touch or a tab labelled Device Settings. Click on whichever of the two you have.
4. If you are on the Touch tab, click on the drop down menu and choose Pointing Stick on PS/2 Port. If you are on the device settings tab, highlight Pointing Stick.
5. Check the selection to Disable the device or pointing stick.
I am also having the problem of not being able to disable the touchpad on my mother's 1100. I have gone to the BIOS and there is no way to disable it there (BIOS is a Phoenix sytems, I think). I go to mouse properties and I can disable the external USB mouse but not the touchpad. I go to device manager and cannot disable there.
I have called Dell customer support and was on the phone with them for nearly 2 1/2 hours and they could not do it either.
So far the best luck I have had is tapeing a small piece of cardbord over the touchpad to keep from accidently touching it.
patrick luk
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February 21st, 2001 19:00
Otherwise, the bios could turn the internal mouse off too...check bios.
Keith Woods
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February 18th, 2003 16:00
Would the disable be int the Tabs? I found a disable but it will disable all of the pointing devices...
Message Edited by Keith Woods on 02-18-2003 12:24 PM
Keith Woods
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February 18th, 2003 16:00
Would the disable be int the Tabs? I found a disable, but it will disable all of the pointing devices...
peomike
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December 4th, 2003 14:00
ziggy2
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December 5th, 2003 03:00
Go to the control panel. From there, click on Mouse (in classic view). in that window you can hit the "Disable" button to turn the internal mouse off.
Hope this helps!
Josh
PS: just a heads up, you are posting in an Inspiron area of the forum. Please direct all of your Latittude questions to the Lattitude section. This just helps you get the most accurate answer to your question. Thank you!
Message Edited by ziggy2 on 12-04-2003 11:08 PM
ChrisBarr
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January 28th, 2005 12:00
I got an answer from Dell on this one - and it works!
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3. How to disable the touch pad
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To disable the touch pad:
* Restart the system.
* As soon as text or a picture appears on the computer screen, press and release [F2] every 3 seconds to enter system setup.
* If your computer boots to Windows, repeat this procedure again.
* Once in the BIOS, toggle to either the "Pointing Devices" or "Internal Touch Pad" section and change the setting to "PS/2 Mouse" or "Auto Disabled" respectively. Follow the instructions at the bottom of your BIOS Setup screen for changing pages and device settings.
* Save changes and exit the BIOS.
This will disable the touch-pad when an external mouse is connected and allow the touch pad to work only when you do not have an external mouse attached the computer.
===============================
4. How to disable the track stick
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sometimes, over time, the keyboard places pressure on the track stick, causing erratic cursor movement. It is possible to correct this problem by disabling the track stick and using either the touch pad or an external mouse for cursor movement. First, determine whether or not your notebook has a track stick. If it does, the track stick will appear as a small button looking much like a pencil eraser near the centre of your keyboard.
* If your computer is running Windows 2000:
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
2. Double-click the Mouse icon. The Mouse Properties window appears.
3. Depending on which version of the Synaptics Touch Pad drivers you have, you will have a tab labelled Touch or a tab labelled Device Settings. Click on whichever of the two you have.
4. If you are on the Touch tab, click on the drop down menu and choose Pointing Stick on PS/2 Port. If you are on the device settings tab, highlight Pointing Stick.
5. Check the selection to Disable the device or pointing stick.
6. Click OK
* If your computer is using Windows XP:
1. Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel on the right side.
The Control Panel window appears.
2. Double-click the Mouse icon. The Mouse Properties window appears.
3. Depending on which version of the Synaptics Touch Pad drivers you have, you will have a tab labelled Touch or a tab labelled Device Settings. Click on whichever of the two you have.
4. If you are on the Touch tab, click on the drop down menu and choose Pointing Stick on PS/2 Port. If you are on the device settings tab, highlight Pointing Stick.
5. Check the selection to Disable the device or pointing stick.
6. Click OK
Sawcut
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March 12th, 2005 23:00
I have called Dell customer support and was on the phone with them for nearly 2 1/2 hours and they could not do it either.
So far the best luck I have had is tapeing a small piece of cardbord over the touchpad to keep from accidently touching it.
Any suggestions?
Larry