To disable a touchpad, you need to download the driver for it from the
internet.  That will make a little icon for it appear in the system tray (in
the right hand side of the task bar) where you can go in and adjust the
properties of the touchpad, including completely disabling it.  You have to
know what type of touch pad it is.  I have not yet seen the answer as to
what Toshiba model you have.  Go to this webpage and filter it by TOUCHPAD
and by the OPERATING SYSTEM.  http://support.toshiba.com/drivers.  For
example, if I choose touchpad from the list and then go to the bottom of the
list and choose Windows 7 64 bit, it narrows it down to only one file, ALPS
Pointing Device Driver.  Alternatively, you could put in your serial number
or model number in the edit field and find the appropriate file that way.  

Once you have the touch pad driver installed on your computer, to get to the
System Tray with JAWS, use the command Insert + F11.

Julie Adkins

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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Disabling the Touchpad on a Toshiba Laptop

You might try these steps for disabling a Synaptics touchpad. The steps for
my laptop were similar.

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/disable-synaptics-touchpad-54254.html

Based on the Googling I've done, FN+F9 is supposed to toggle the touchpad on
Toshibas. It's possible that yours turns on again when you accidentally
touch the edges, which is an experience I've had with a previous laptop.

I also wonder if a mouse needs to be plugged in for the touchpad to be
disabled. I managed to disable the clickpad on my HP. but that laptop has a
touch sensitive screen, so people can interact with the device even when the
touchpad is off. I'm speculating that we have such a hard time turn them off
because they stay on as a safety mechanism?


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