Rajesh Sinha

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February 13th, 2015 04:00

How to Lock or Unlock Touchpad

I have Dell Latitude 3540 model laptop and have 8.1 OS . One  problem i want to ask you that , i could not lock or unlock my touchpad . whenever i type , my hand often goes to the touchpad by mistake and this distract the cursor form its place.

i have used F3 button but it does not worked.....Plz help me,

  • kirkd

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    Posted February 15th, 2015 07:00

    Easy, just search the web for TouchFreeze. Here's one site:

    www.softpedia.com/.../TouchFreeze.shtml

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    Posted February 18th, 2015 03:00

    Touchfreeze  Wow Thanks.
    Since I prefer using a mouse instead of touchpad, and since Fn+F3 does not do the trick under Windows 8.1, I looked for a solution to freeze the touchpad. 

    Simple and .... it works!! 

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    Posted February 13th, 2015 07:00

    Easiest solution is to install the free TouchFreeze program. This ad-in shuts down the pad when you begin typing, and re-enables it when you stop. It works good for most laptops.

  • Rajesh Sinha

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    Posted February 14th, 2015 22:00

    from where should i download this. Plz send me url address or hyperlink of Touchfreeze. i have Dell Latitude 3540 model laptop with 64bit and have window8.1 OS.

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    Posted February 16th, 2015 03:00

    Did you try FN/F3?  That works on my Vostro 3560. 

  • Rajesh Sinha

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    Posted February 18th, 2015 00:00

    yes i have tried many times . FN doesn't respond anything and F3 say "The specified text is not a valid building block name". i can't understand the meaning of this statement.

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    Posted February 18th, 2015 01:00

    FN/F3 means you hold down the FN key while pressing the F3 key.

    I can't say if that works on your laptop, but it does on mine which is a Vostra 3560.

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    Posted February 18th, 2015 08:00

    Great! The amazing thing is that this utility hasn't been updated for at least 5 years, and it still works with almost every laptop.