Touchpad is a very common hardware configuration in laptops. Almost every laptop is equipped with a touchpad. Because of the addition of the touchpad, we can eliminate the use of the mouse. In a sense, the use of the touchpad can help us free up part of our work. But many times, we don't need the touchpad because we still use the mouse more. At this time, the existence of the touchpad will seem a bit obstructive, because we will accidentally touch it. At this time, we have to learn to turn off the touchpad. Next, the editor will tell you how to turn off the laptop touchpad.
Method 1: Simple shutdown
You need to enter the control panel settings, which can be entered from the computer or from the start program. Find the "Mouse" option in the control panel and click on it. In the mouse properties, click to open "Device Settings" on the far right. Then click on the enabled device inside to set it to "Disabled". There are warning points for sure. Then you will find that the touchpad is no longer useful, indicating that it is turned off. Remember to click the "OK" button after setting again, otherwise it will only be temporary.
Method 2: Shortcut key to close
Turning off the notebook's touchpad is actually very simple. Usually it is an Fn key + (F1-F12), why? Because there are many brands of notebooks, including Lenovo, Dell, Asus, HP, Shenzhou and other brands. All of them are designed to have different settings for turning off and on the touchpad. But generally an icon can be seen on the brand, and users can detect it if they look carefully. The shortcut keys for turning off the touchpad of commonly used notebook brands are: LenovoThe key is Fn+F6, the Asus key is Fn+F9, and the Dell key is FnF12 to turn off the touchpad. Of course, if some netizens still don’t know how to turn it off, just hold down the Fn key and press from F1 to F12 to try it out. Which key is it? First press the Fn key without letting go, and then press the key marked "TouchPad" with a to turn off the "TouchPad"
Method 3: Completely disable
Because there is no option to disable the PS/2 interface in the notebook BIOS, you can only uninstall the PS/2 mouse driver that comes with the system: right-click on "My Computer" ——"Properties"-"Hardware"-"Device Manager"-In "Mouse and other pointing devices", right-click "PS/2 Compatible Mouse" (if you have installed other touchpad drivers, select the corresponding Name) - "Uninstall". Then restart the computer. OVER! (It is recommended to right-click "PS/2 Compatible Mouse" and select "Disable" after restarting).
Method 4: Automatically disable the touchpad when there is a USB mouse
First make sure that the Synaptics touchpad driver has been installed and start ->LuckPress (Win+R) and enter regedit. Find HEY_CURNT_USRftwareSynticsSynTnh and change DisleIntDeature "value to 3; ShwDiableIon" value to 1; if not, create a new one, both are double bytes (DWORD). Or keep the following text in .reg format and run: Windws gistry EdirVeion5.0[HKY_CUENT_UERftwareSypticsSyTEnh]"DiablntPDFeure"=ord:000003[HEY_LCAL_MCHINESOFWRESapticsSyPEh]"ShoisableIon"=ord:00001. In this way, if there is a USB mouse, the touchpad will be automatically disabled.
Summary: In the above article, the editor introduced four methods for turning off the laptop touchpad. You can choose different closing methods according to your own needs. Methods 1 and 2 both achieve the goal of temporarily turning off the laptop's touchpad. The difference is that one requires cumbersome operations, while the other requires shortcut keys. Of course, some users hope to turn off the laptop touchpad forever, and the editor here also provides a method for everyone. The fourth method is the most user-friendly method. When the computer detects that a USB mouse is being used, it turns off the touchpad to reduce the chance of accidental touches.