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Is there an easy way to disable this laptop's touchpad?

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Mar 15, 202655541 views
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Specifically, I'm on a Dell Inspiron 1525. I'd like to disable the touchpad so that I can re-enable if my mouse were to run out of batteries (so physically breaking the connection to the motherboard or uninstalling the driver will not be the best options). In the Control Panel, when I go to "Mouse"…

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Right click the touchpad icon in the system tray (it looks like a monitor with a flash green dot) Pointing device properties -> Devices tab, Touchpad - click Disable Touchpad buttons - click Disable Click Disable Touchpad/Stick when a USB pointing d…

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