Hi

    You might try going to the start menu then settings, control panel, and 
look for any thing having to do with the mouse settings there.  Just a 
thought.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: off topic: turning touch-pad mouse off on new laptop


> Hi Tom;
> I can't speak for all computers but I have seen a laptop that has a button
> on the system tray.  You then get into a section that lets you adjust the
> sensitivity of the touch pad.
> Nothing quite as annoying as touching a touch pad when you don't intend 
> to.
> Rich
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:25 PM
> Subject: off topic: turning touch-pad mouse off on new laptop
>
>
> Folks:
>
> Forgive me for bugging you about another "off topic" issue, but I have an
> issue here that is driving me nuts.
>
> I'm working with the new laptop that the University just got me, and I 
> need
> to know how to disable the touch-pad mouse.  The computer is a Dell
> Lattitude 610 laptop.  I'm using Jaws 7.0, and the operating system is
> Windows XP pro.
>
> I need to disable the mouse because, as I'm sure you understand, the
> slightest wrong move on the laptop where the mouse is gets me off into "no
> man's land".
>
> I tried attaching the supplied USB mouse, in hopes that this would 
> over-ride
> the touch-pad mouse, but, alas,  it didn't.
>
> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>