On an HP it's function-f7 or function-f2 or something like that to disable the touch pad. On my toshiba it's in the system tray.
At 06:24 PM 12/1/2007, you wrote: >I'm not sure what you mean by side tray or acer, but my husband has >told techs what to do when they've come beforewhen they were setting up >computers for us, and that feature is nowhere to be seen. mouse >settings in the control panel offers no help as far as turning the thing >off. He's got an HP laptop, and loves that feature himself, because >sometimes he reads text files and doesn't have to worry about it. >Thanks for the idea though; it was a good one, but Sony doesn't see it >that way. > >Patricia Dunbar wrote: > > Maybe look in your sys-tray, On the Acer laptops it's in there and I was > > able to disabled it on the laptop. > > Then your Husband could turn it back on when he needed to? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "carlene knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 3:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] turning mouse pad off on HP > > > > > > > >> Yeh. I love my Sony Vaio laptop, but you can not turn the mouse touch > >> pad off, and it is located in front of the keyboard so I'm always > >> bumping it. I use a blue tooth keyboard most of the time because I am > >> so sick of this problem. I don't want to totally uninstall it if that's > >> even possible, because my sighted husband uses it sometimes to fix > >> problems, ETC. > >> > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> Hi > >>> I am glad to report that on the HP laptop I recently bought that I > >>> am > >>> able to turn off the mouse pad through the use of a physical button > >>> located > >>> at the top center of the mouse pad. This feature might be of interest to > >>> those interested in buying a new laptop. > >>> > >>> God bless, > >>> Mark > >>> God loves you! > >>> > >>> > >>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > >>> http://www.jaws-users.com > >>> Address for the list archives: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >>> To post to this group, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > >>> or body of a blank message to: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Use the following form in order to contact the management team > >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > >>> If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > >>> following address: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > >> http://www.jaws-users.com > >> Address for the list archives: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > >> or body of a blank message to: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team > >> http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > >> If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > >> following address: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > http://www.jaws-users.com > > Address for the list archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > subject or body of a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email > to the following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >To post to this group, send email to >[email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >subject or body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to >the following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.12/1163 - Release Date: >12/1/2007 12:05 PM > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.12/1163 - Release Date: >12/1/2007 12:05 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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