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August 10th, 2012 14:00
I can't use my Touchpad while typing
Hello, I am running a new Inspiron 15R SE 7520 laptop, and I am to understand that this is a feature built into this laptop. While I understand the utility behind this, I cannot find a way to disable this feature. I tried turning "Palm Tracking" down to minimum, but this did not work.
As someone who likes to play games in their spare time on the computer, this will help me enjoy using my new laptop immensely.
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Posted April 28th, 2014 18:00
Posting in an old thread because this was my first Google result and hopefully others will find the answer here.
I have an M4700 which uses an Alps touchpad so the registry key that was already mentioned doesn't apply to me. On Win7 x64 the registry key is here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Alps\Apoint\Stick
Set SPTapTyping to "0"
Now you can actually use the pointing stick and mouse buttons while holding down keys like the spacebar.
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Posted August 10th, 2012 15:00
Disable touchcheck.
Go to mouse settings then Touchpad, I think Touchcheck fixes it.
[I also had this problem and I also play games online] :)
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Posted August 10th, 2012 16:00
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Posted August 10th, 2012 16:00
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Posted August 10th, 2012 16:00
Bugger, I cannot find "Touchcheck" anywhere in Touchpad settings.
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Posted August 10th, 2012 17:00
Try using Windows Mobility Center by typing it in the Start box. If you have Dell's version of it, it has a place to turn off the touchpad. If that doesn't work look up touchpad in Windows 7 Help.
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Posted August 10th, 2012 18:00
Turning off my touchpad does not yield the desired result.
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Posted November 11th, 2012 20:00
This does not work for me. Under value you just type "0?"
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Posted December 6th, 2012 02:00
Yeah same, I wasn't sure whether to change the hexadecimal or the decimal value. I changed the decimal one but it didnt do anything.
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Posted August 19th, 2012 02:00
I had this exact same problem which really affected my gaming and I took me forever to figure out a solution. After observing other answers from other websites, I decided to look in the registry.
Open your search and look for regedit within your laptop and follow this pathway.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Elantech\OtherSetting\DisableWhenType_DelayTime_Move
Change the value to 0 so there's no delay.
Originally I thought it was "DisableWhenType_Enable" but that didn't seem to affect anything. If you want, you can also change that to 0. They really should have made this more friendly to disable rather than go into the registry. Hope this helps!