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Do you really need your touchpad drivers?

post #1 of 14
3/22/06 at 11:17am
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Do you? Ive disabled them on previous lappys, but am wondering do you really need them?
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post #2 of 14
3/22/06 at 11:42am
no, i do not _really_ need the touchpad, but i do not disable it... once in a while i need to use it.
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post #3 of 14
3/22/06 at 12:24pm
They do no harm.
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post #4 of 14
3/22/06 at 12:29pm
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post #5 of 14
3/22/06 at 12:43pm
nope but i use mine cause it will disable itself when a mouse is plugged in so its pretty sweet
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post #6 of 14
3/22/06 at 12:47pm
The only time I have disabled the touchpad drivers, was on an old Win95 machine (micron PC) and there were conflicts after upgrading to Win98. After the upgrade, every time you would install the intellimouse software over the TP drivers the mouse pointer was so unstable it was unuseable.

Short answer, no you don't, but why wouldn't you if there is no conflict?

(edited for, speeling and gramer}
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post #7 of 14
3/22/06 at 4:02pm
i dont have it... but i think i need it to disable my touch pad.... *i use a mouse... and sometimes it interferes while typing *
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post #8 of 14
3/22/06 at 4:08pm
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Originally Posted by jojo82
i dont have it... but i think i need it to disable my touch pad.... *i use a mouse... and sometimes it interferes while typing *
You can turn the touchpad off without actually disabling it, you know.
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post #9 of 14
3/22/06 at 4:18pm
i dun use the touchpad cos i've the Trackpoint which is so much better than the touchpad...

on the go, i've the V500, at home i've the MX1000... i must say that the MX1000 is one of the best mouse ard...
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post #10 of 14
3/22/06 at 4:18pm
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Originally Posted by thelostpatrol
You can turn the touchpad off without actually disabling it, you know.
how?... and disabling what?


i dont have my touch pad synaptic drivers installed at all.... windows looks at my pad as a normal mouse....
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post #11 of 14
3/22/06 at 4:22pm
If your touchpad is installed as a touchpad, there's a function key + F## command to disable it so that it doesn't interfere with typing.
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post #12 of 14
3/22/06 at 4:22pm
Certain notebooks like my ASUS has a on/off button for the touchpad.
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post #13 of 14
3/22/06 at 11:42pm
My dad's old HP had an on off for the touch pad...
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post #14 of 14
3/23/06 at 12:33am
I think the stock touchpad drivers on my laptop didn't allow scrolling in firefox, which was sort of annoying so I got the new drivers.
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