turn off touch mouse pad

Question

Hi ..... Can anyone tell me how to turn off the touch mouse pad built into the Inspiron 5100? I uuse Win XP home. I use an optical mouse connected to the USB port and want to diable the other. Thanks, Bill way out in MT

bacillus · Answer

I do not have that model laptop myself but if an option is available then it would either be somewhere in BIOS or in control panel under mouse.

Short_Bus · Answer

If the touch pad drivers were correctly installed, you should be able to turn off certain features in the Control Panel under the Mouse option.

ABelton · Answer

If you download the latest touchpad drivers from the dell website you should be able to play with all the options.   I have an XPS (it has both a trackstick and a touchpad, as well as a set of buttons for each) and I can configure just about everything I'd want to (and several things I'd never thought of) with the latest drivers.   Message Edited by ABelton on 08-12-2005 01:47 PM

montana34 · Answer

Hi ....
Thanks for the tip on the new drivers. I went to driver dl page for dell but not sure which drivers to dl. I placed input device drivers in the box and it takes me to a page with lots of "pointing device drivers" but can you please provide a correct driver for a Insprion 5100 using XP Home. I would like to try it.
Bill way out in MT

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