Rick,
Thank you very much. "Synaptics" was the clue I needed. There was no Synaptics software on the computer and I couldn't find a 9300 XP touchpad driver on Gateway's site. I went to Synaptics' site and got a generic XP touchpad driver. It installed easily and the tapping is now disabled. It's like having a new computer. Thanks for your help.
Bob Lendrim

From: Richard Glazier
This may fit your OS and it might not.
You might have to look for a new Synaptics mouse driver.
Try this first: (Quote from the following link:)
On your screen, locate and click the Start button.
From the Start menu, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
Double-click the Mouse icon.
http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Solo_Series/SOLO2100/00000124.shtml
Rick Glazier

From: "Bob Lendrim"
>I have a Gateway Solo 9300 which I bought used. It came with Win 98 but I had Win XP Pro installed at a computer shop. I'm having
>trouble with the mousepad. Just touching the mouse pad very lightly is interpreted as a "click" of the mouse button. This causes a
>geat deal of undesireable input to the computer. I would like to change the sensitivity of the mouse pad to taps, or, better yet,
>disable it altogether. I've tried, but can't find how to do that. Can anybody put me on the right track?

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