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post #1 of 7
2/20/04 at 5:22pm
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i am borrowing a friends alienware laptop (not so used to using windows as i am a mac person generally) and the trackpad is driving me CRAZY. whenever i am typing something if i accidentally touch the track pad it moves the insertion point etc.. very irritating. on a mac it is easy to adjust this - to either disable the mouse when using the keyboard, or at least make it so you can't use the tapping function on the pad. i can't figure out how to adjust this in windows though.. can anyone help me out here???
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post #2 of 7
2/20/04 at 5:38pm
Assuming you have the Area 51m2 (plus many other laptops) you can DISABLE the trackpad. On the Area 51m, press Fn+F12, this should disable the trackpad, to re-activate do the same thing!!
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post #3 of 7
2/20/04 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by RdLdr1
Assuming you have the Area 51m2 (plus many other laptops)
why are you assuming that he have so many laptops?
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post #4 of 7
2/20/04 at 10:19pm
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thanks!

thanks for the info.. will try it out...
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post #5 of 7
2/21/04 at 2:04am
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Originally Posted by harkon
why are you assuming that he have so many laptops?
oops , i meant assuming that he was inquiring on the Area 51m. The same solution could be applied to other laptops because most others have a 'disable trackpad' option.
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post #6 of 7
2/27/04 at 7:53pm
I dont understand, isnt it easier to simply disable the tapping feature of the touchpad? Its what i did.
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post #7 of 7
2/28/04 at 9:18am
Likewise. I dislike the tap feature.
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