Hello there I have a Del Inspiron 710 and I disable my touchpad by 
pushing the key after the f12 key and that key disables or enables my 
touch pad however you can go into your system tray and look for 
samantics touch pad or del touch pad what ever brand of computer you are 
using and hit enter on samantic touch pad or what ever your touch pad is 
called and go threw the optionss that way.
On 12/28/2012 4:08 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Hi, everyone.
>
> Regarding the Windows XP laptop I'm about to acquire for use in the ham
> shack, does anyone know what steps are needed to disable the touchpad mouse?
>
> As we all know, disabling the mouse is helpful, since it prevents us from
> accidentally winding up in no man's land when in the middle of computer
> work, like contest logging for example.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>

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