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PAUL161

PAUL161

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My newer lap tops touch pad can not be turned off for some reason. I use a mouse when I use it on the desk and I could always turn the touch pad off by merely hitting the button above it until a couple days ago. It's a Compaq Presario CQ60. I've even tried other methods to shut it off, but no success. I keep brushing it when typing and naturally, the pointer and or cursor jumps to where ever. It's a pain when it does this and I'm wondering if anyone might have a solution to the problem? PJ
 
duct tape?

just kidding. have you tried re installing the touch pad drivers?


m
 
I would have thought there would already be drivers installed and that you should be able to access them via Control Panel?
 
The pad works fine, but I just can't shut it off with the button. I went into the control panel and nothing changed. I would assume that the drivers are in there or the pad wouldn't work at all. I'm going back in and have another look. Maybe I'll get lucky. Will keep posted! PJ
 
A little cumbersome, but you could disable the touch pad in the device manager. Also, is there a touch pad icon in the system tray that you could deactivate?
 
That's what I was thinking. Have you rooted thru HP/Compaq website forums? That'd be where I'd be looking.
 
Greg, there isn't an icon for the touch pad on the system tray. Seems to me there was at one time. ???.
Doc, I think that's what I'll do, go on a Compaq web site. Surly someone else has had this problem in the past. Thanks for your input guys, It'll get solved, sooner or later? The trouble shooting program could find nothing wrong, but that was Microsoft and anything could happen there! You know, thinking deeper on this, it could have happened when I installed Windows 7 in it, I can't remember, as I don't use the touch pad often. PJ
 
what OS ?
 
sorry- geek speak.

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PAUL161 said:
it could have happened when I installed Windows 7 in it, I can't remember, as I don't use the touch pad often. PJ
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I had to scrap an older scanner because Canon didn't write a 64 bit driver for it.
 
It' a Windows 7-32 bit op system. I have since discovered that there is no reference to a touch pad anywhere in the system! No icons, nothing. Could W-7 have dumped the touch pad drivers out during installation?
 
It is possible. Win 7 may be using a generic driver to make the pad work, but without any of the bells and whistles that Compac may have programed in. You'd have to check the Compac website to see if they wrote Win7 drivers for your particular model.
 
Problem solved! When I installed W-7, it required a touch pad driver upgrade. I didn't know this. This computer had drivers in it for Vista premium and that's why it wouldn't work with W-7. Everything works fine now. Thanks for all your input. Much appreciated. PJ
 
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