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Can't Disable Touchpad on Windows 7.

Anonymous
2013-06-18T19:32:45+00:00

I am running Windows 7 and I want to disable touchpad. When I  try to disable It from Device Manager, option 'Disable' Is not clickable. When I try option 'Remove' It says I need to restart my computer to apply changes, but after I restarted my computer, the Touchpad is still active.

Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-18T19:54:14+00:00

    Hello,

    I had a similarly difficult touchpad to disable, and I got around the problem this way. If possible, plug an external mouse into a USB port, then open the Touchpad control properties tab and look for a setting worded something like this:  Disable Touchpad when an external mouse is detected.

    Then go back to Device Manager and try to disable the Touchpad. Since an external mouse is already plugged in and I therefore have a registered pointing device, Windows would let me disable the Touchpad without reinstalling it on the next reboot.

    Let me know if this fixes the issue for you.

    Regards,

    BearPup

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-22T23:43:34+00:00

    Hello, thanks for the reply,

    All I found in the device manager is PS/2 Compaitable Mouse, and disable option is unlcickable on that.  However, i fixed the problem by installing a touchpad manager named 'Synaptic Pointing Device Driver'. Thanks for help.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-06-20T01:38:53+00:00

    Hello,

    As far as I know you should be able to disable devices via cmd. Did you find a setting for disabling the Touchpad when a USB mouse is attached? If so, can you uninstall the Touchpad with the USB plugged in? Try that with a reboot and see what happens.

     

    Keep me posted and let me know how you fare.

     

    Regards,

    BearPup

    Hello,

    It's still same after I plugged USB mouse and restarted computer. As I said before, only avilabile option is 'Disable', and nothing changes after Windows complete Disabling(I'm restarting after process of course). Here's a screenshot of mouse options:

    http://tinypic.com/r/35a422v/5

    I searched a command on cmd for disabling devices, I got nothing. Thanks for your help

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-06-18T22:55:17+00:00

    Hello,

    As far as I know you should be able to disable devices via cmd. Did you find a setting for disabling the Touchpad when a USB mouse is attached? If so, can you uninstall the Touchpad with the USB plugged in? Try that with a reboot and see what happens.

    Keep me posted and let me know how you fare.

    Regards,

    BearPup

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-06-18T22:17:14+00:00

    Hello, thanks for the reply.

    Unfortunatily, 'Disable' option is still unclickable. By the way, I was using Ubuntu few weeks ago, and there was a command for disabling devices, is it able to disable devices using cmd?

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