Touch pad disabling button doesn't work

[uzmania]

hi
i have dell inspiron n5010
i want to disable its touch pad but cant figure it out
there is a touch pad disabling button (right beside f12 key) but it doesn't work

can anyone tell me how to do it cuz it gets really irritating sometimes.

thank you in advace

 

[mike1959]

Touchpad problem

Hi. I don't know about a button to disable the touchpad on a laptop, but there is a free program that will do the same thing, so you can type away, and your arm won't move the cursor around. Try http://code.google.com/p/touchfreeze/

 

[CAMusing]

I have three laptop, I solved it by placing a 3X4 Post-It over the touchpad.

 

[uzmania]

thankyou guys...
@ CAMusing..i tried that...i usuallly place a cloth to cover it but that is annoying itself
@mike1959..thankyou ill look into into it

 

[CAMusing]

OK, here ya go!
http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/04/30/disable-touchpad-dell/

 

[uzmania]

the touch freeze didnt work. and thanx for the link although it didnt solve my problem because i dont have a touch pad tab in my mouse options

 

[uzmania]

hey i just installed the touch pad driver. and the button started working. although the touchpad was working without the driver. strange. nyway
thnx for the comments

 

[CAMusing]

If your operating system is Windows 7.

Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Mouse
Click on Dell Touchpad tab
Then click on the big brown arrow

 

[uzmania]

yeah i went there but there wasnt any touch pad tab..i went into device manager and saw that there wasnt any driver installed for touchpad even though it was working . so i downloaded it and installed it and the touchpad tab appeared and the touchpad disabling button started to work. thanx for the support

 

[CAMusing]

Happy to hear you are back in business.