Hello Arianna,
I don't have a Sony Vaio, but I found a support article on the Sony site that you might be interested in trying. It gives steps that will apparently disable the Sony Vaio touchpad. The first step says to find the Vaio control center in the start menu. In another post I read, the writer said it was in the All Programs group, so you might need to check both places. The steps below that are shown first are from Sony Support. Following those steps, I have information from a couple different people that is a little different but might work. If neither work, there is a freeware package available from PCWorld called "TouchFreeze." It didn't work on my Windows 7 64-bit laptop, but again, I don't have a Sony Vaio. It was written to work with XP, and I have heard that it works with Vista, but apparently it doesn't work with Windows 7 64-bit. I cannot vouch for the freeware, as I have only read posts from individuals claiming it works well to disable the touchpad and the tapping. I can send you a link to the TouchFreeze installation file if you want it. However, you might want to try the steps shown below first. The information in the steps is for mouse users, so you will need to use equivalent keyboard actions. Steps from Sony Support 1. Click the Start button, then click VAIO Control Center . NOTE: Earlier models may refer to the application as VAIO Support Central instead of VAIO Control Center . 2. In the VAIO Control Center window, click the Categories tab. 3. On the Categories tab, click the Plus (+) symbol next to Keyboard and Mouse . 4. Under Keyboard and Mouse , double-click Built-in Pointing Device . 5. In the Built-in Pointing Device window, click to clear the Enable box. 6. Click the OK button. 7. In the Built-in Pointing Device dialog box, click the Yes button. Posts from two Sony Vaio users "Basically you click on Start, All Programs, Look for Pointing Device, a window will come up that has an "enable" box checked, and just uncheck it and hit OK." "This problem has driven me crazy for almost a year now since I purchased my Sony Vaio. The cursor would wildly jump all over the place will typing in any application, really bad on Facebook as it would constantly scroll page up & down along with closing my window or go to previous page and I would lose everything. I thought it was possibly my blue tooth mouse at first, but it happened with usb mouse or no mouse at all. It is with great relief I can say I have finally found the fix! It is so simple I'm surprised no one else has come up with it. Go into your mouse or touch pad properties and uncheck the box that says hide cursor while typing. This fixed the problem for me 100%, I'm just aggrivated that it took me a year to actually figure out something so simple. Hope this works for everyone else......" Take care. Brian Lee brianl...@charter.net -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Arianna Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 7:34 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The pseudo mouse Using a Sony Vaio laptop with one of those darned mousepads, I'v been through the device manager mouse settings, but I don't seek disable anywhere. The thing drives me crazy. It moves the cursor even if I just pass over the area. I've run into this problem with other brands of computer also. And there's nothing in the system tray for the mouse. Arianna ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <ow...@jaws-users.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The pseudo mouse > On my lap top it is in the hardware section of device manager. I can give > further directions later on when I get to it probably this afternoon at > the > earliest. > David Ferrin > <mailto:ow...@jaws-users.com> ow...@jaws-users.com > I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one > up > too. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" <braill...@hawaii.rr.com> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 1:38 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The pseudo mouse > > > Ah, now it makes some sense to me. On my laptop, I have one of those > built-in mice. All laptops are different, but on mine I press > function key with the number 2 to turn off the mouse. I've also seen > laptops that you turn off the mouse by pressing function key with #9. > You could be wreckless like me and try different key combinations > until you get it or check your user manual. Perhaps if you tell the > list what kind of keyboard you have, someone will be able to give you > the right combination. > Good luck, Betsy > > At 07:50 PM 11/24/2010, you wrote: >>Betsy! It is a desktop keyboard that I have. Sometime ago, some >>other jaws-users subscriber was, >>like me, being driven around the bend by this dratted wheel, and I >>think, got an answer as to how it >>can be killed, or, at the very least, be made less sensitive. >>The little finger of my left hand, I swear doesn't touch the rotten >>thing, but it, the finger, only >>has to approach it which it does quite often when I am pressing keys >>on the number line, and then >>the cursor will, all of a sudden, have moved up a couple of >>lines. Just about drives me into >>insanity: not a very long journey I must admit, but a journey I am >>trying, with no thanks to the >>pseudo mouse, to defer for as long as is possible. >> >> Jewel >> >>Original Message ----- >>From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" <braill...@hawaii.rr.com> >>To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> >>Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 5:09 PM >>Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The pseudo mouse >> >> >>Hi Jewel, >>Are you talking about a laptop or some other equipment? I've never >>seen such a little wheel in that place on a keyboard. >>Betsy >>At 04:03 PM 11/24/2010, you wrote: >> >I believe it is also called the scroll wheel, but I have much more >> >colourful names for the dratted thing. >> >Can anyone tell me how to disable it, or, at the very least, make it >> >a great deal less sensitive than it is. >> >It is the little wheel just a centimetre to the left of the grave >> >key on the number line. >> > >> > Jewel >> >For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> > <http://www.jaws-users.com/help/> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >>For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> <http://www.jaws-users.com/help/> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >>For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> <http://www.jaws-users.com/help/> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > <http://www.jaws-users.com/help/> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > <http://www.jaws-users.com/help/> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: <http://www.jaws-users.com/help/> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
