Tom Go into system configuration Windows key + pause Ctrl+tab to hardware Cursor down to find it and disable it. ATB David W Wood -----Original Message----- From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 9:40 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Off topic: Disabling touchpad mouse on Dell Lattitude D600 Laptop Thanks, Jason. I think the 600 series of laptops are a little different than you describe, but I'll certainly take a look to see if those options are available. Thanks for your thoughts. Tom Behler: KB8TYJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "jason" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 12:16 AM Subject: Re: Off topic: Disabling touchpad mouse on Dell Lattitude D600 Laptop > 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 >> > > -- > This is Jason known as BlindFury >