I think the solution varies on each laptop. Some laptops have a button to turn the mouse pad on and off. Others use a software control in the Mouse applet in Windows Control Panel. I believe that some still further have a system tray control to toggle the mouse pad on and off.
On my laptop none of these options were available and I had to stop the mouse pad working by an adjustment at BIOS setup with sighted help. You can normally enter your BIOS setup by pressing a key combination when your laptop starts to boot. Again this key combination can vary. Sorry if this is not too helpful but it might point you to places to look. Regards David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Annette Carr Sent: Friday, 20 June 2008 14:57 To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Changing mouse pad settings on laptop Hello All, I recently had to get a new hard drive in my Del Inspiron laptop. So of course everything is back to the factory settings. My mouse pad is set so that if you touch and release it causes the mouse to jump to a new spot on the screen and click. I want to turn off the click part, and cannot remember where to do this. Does anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks, Annette Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.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/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.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/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
