Well, that's one reason to avoid Dell laptops. My Averatech does allow the
mouse to be turned off from the control panel. Dell apparently doesn't
allow users to do that conveniently.
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 10:31 PM
Subject: turning touch-pad mouse off on new Dell laptop
> Hi, all.
>
> I just wanted to update the list on my progress with turning off the
> touch-pad mouse on the new Dell Lattitude 610 laptop that my University
> just
> got me.
>
> It turns out that, both the folks from Dell, and the techs at the
> University
> agree that the only way to disable the touch-pad mouse is to get into the
> bios and do it mannuallly from there.
>
> Apparently, you can no longer do it from the control panel, like you could
> do in earlier laptops.
>
> So much for progress with increased accessability, eh?
>
> Now, if a keyboard-challenged sighted person needs to use the laptop,
> they'll have to borrow the external USB mouse that came with the computer.
>
> On the one hand, this is not what I had counted on, but on the other hand,
> it may be an advantage, since now it will be harder for someone else to
> mess
> with the computer and the various settings I have programmed into it for
> Jaws and the other software I use.
>
> Anyway, just thought you folks would want to know.
>
> As always, I truly appreciate all of your various suggestions, and hope
> you
> didn't mind the "off topic" nature of the question.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>
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