hi, I've seen the button on hp and compaq laptops. matter of fact, I have an hp and compaq laptop with the button. also the acer laptops I have seen use function F7 to toggle the touch pad. Chris On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:07:38 -0500, Chris Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've used several brands of laptops, and have never seen any with a >switch to turn off the touchpad. If you are lucky you can go in and >turn off the tap to click feature in the software, that'll solve the >main issue of having the cursor moved in word processing documents and >spreadsheets. > >On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:35:19 -0400, you wrote: > >>Are we talking about the mouse pad, if so there is normally a toggle switch >>above it or near it... that turns it off >>Angelo >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Chris Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:24 AM >>Subject: Re: Touchpads Vs Window-Eyes, how frustrating is that!!! >> >> >>Simplest thing to do is tape something like an index card over it. >> >>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:14:39 -0400, you wrote: >> >>>Morning All >>> >>>I was curious if anyone had advice on how I should handle the frustration >>>of my laptops touch pad? It only gets in the way, yet I'm hoping there's a >>>KEYSTROKE AND OR SIMPLE LIST OF Windows steps to quicly and easily disable >>>and then re-enable the touch pad, if I ever do need sighted assistance to >>>use my system? >>>Any thoughts........ >>> >>>HAROLD >>> >>> >>>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and >>>your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending >>>your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >>> >>>All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can >>>be searched through and sorted using the search >>>form at the bottom of the page. >>> >>>If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body >>>of the message. >> >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and >>your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending >>your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >> >>All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can >>be searched through and sorted using the search >>form at the bottom of the page. >> >>If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body >>of the message. >> >> >> >>__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >>database 3270 (20080715) __________ >> >>The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >>http://www.eset.com >> >> >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and >>your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending >>your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >> >>All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can >>be searched through and sorted using the search >>form at the bottom of the page. >> >>If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body >>of the message. > >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and >your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending >your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > >All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be >searched through and sorted using the search >form at the bottom of the page. > >If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body >of the message. > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 3273 (20080716) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > The home of the Mystic Place blog and podcast. www.mysticplace.info RSS: feeds.feedburner.com/mysticplacebp If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
