Hi David, you might be able to go into the device manager with a script, and disable the touchpad device?
Chip -----Original Message----- From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 6:00 PM To: Chip Orange; [email protected]; Kevin Barry Subject: Re: Del netbook Well, if turning on/off your touchpad can be done with a few standard keystroke, what then about a quick little script, or even just a HotSpot? Yet, on my HP there is no key to turn it on/off, and I have found no real easy way to do it by software either. Don't have any experience, whatsoever, with Dell, so I can't give my opinion there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Barry" <[email protected]> To: "Chip Orange" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 8:49 PM Subject: RE: Del netbook >I guess it would be insensitive to suggest that maybe the sighted person >using your netbook will just have to do a little extra work to get the >touchpad working again? > > At 12:01 PM 5/15/2010, Chip Orange wrote: >>Yes, with my Dell you can turn the touchpad off, but then, it's very hard >>for a sighted user, using only the keyboard, to get it turned back on. >>It's >>not anything you can just turn off with a fn key combination on the Dell. >> >>Chip >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kevin Barry [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 10:41 PM >>To: Chip Orange; [email protected] >>Subject: RE: Del netbook >> >>I can't speak for a Dell netbook but on all the notebooks I've owned you >>can >>turn the touchpad off, or just disable taps as I do, from it's own control >>panel usually found in the system tray. >>My Asus netbook also has a button to disable the touchpad. >> >>At 09:25 PM 5/14/2010, Chip Orange wrote: >> >I have a Dell notebook, and with it, you can set the touchpad to >> >automatically disable itself if it detects another pointing device; >> >luckily, it appears windoweyes counts as another pointing device, so >> >when WE is running, the touchpad won't work with this setting enabled. >> >hopefully you'll be able to find it on your netbook. >> > >> >Chip >> > >> > >> >________________________________ >> > >> >From: edmund dunlop [mailto:[email protected]] >> >Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 5:33 AM >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: Re: Del netbook >> > >> > >> >Hi again GW staff and listers >> > >> >I have bought a Dell Inspiron 1012 Intel Atom N450 10.1" Netbook 250GB >> >HDD, Bl and have it working apart from the switching off of the toughch >>pad. >> >Does anyone know how to disable the touch pad using the "FN" key or do >> >I have to go into the setup. >> > >> > >> >Yours Sincerely >> > >> > >> > >> >Edmund Dunlop >> >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. >> > >> >GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >> >manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >> > >> >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. >> > >> >GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >> >manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >>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. >> >>GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >>manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > 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. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1808 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this 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. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
