Windows 8 How do I turn off my mouse pad?

[gigman7]

No, fn F7 doesn't work.

 

[patcooke]

Go to Control panel, device manager, Mice and other pointing devices, right click on the touchpad device and disable.

 

[gigman7]

Go to Control panel, device manager, Mice and other pointing devices, right click on the touchpad device and disable.

The only option I have there is to uninstall it and I prefer not to do that because my wife sometimes uses it.

 

[patcooke]

Unusual, which laptop and model is it?

 

[gigman7]

Unusual, which laptop and model is it?

It's an HP. Not sure what model.

 

[patcooke]

Check out this post in the HP Support Forums:

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-...disable-touchpad-on-laptop/m-p/1381029#M40458

 

[gigman7]

Check out this post in the HP Support Forums:

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-...disable-touchpad-on-laptop/m-p/1381029#M40458

That didn't work. Maybe because it was written in 2012. Must be different now.

 

[patcooke]

Have you tried updating the driver - that may give you additional options.

 

[gigman7]

Have you tried updating the driver - that may give you additional options.

I tried to but it told me that be best driver is already installed.

 

[ussnorway]

No, fn F7 doesn't work.

On some laptops its [fn] + [F9]

The only option I have there is to uninstall it and I prefer not to do that because my wife sometimes uses it.

So your mouse doesn't have this screen?

p.s. This is the standard Windows 8.1.1 option but its not in Windows 8.

 

[gigman7]

On some laptops its [fn] + [F9]



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So your mouse doesn't have this screen?

p.s. This is the standard Windows 8.1.1 option but its not in Windows 8.

No, it doesn't. I have Windows 8.1