Fortunately, you can disable the touchpad on a Windows laptop, or the trackpad on a MacBook, very easily, provided you know where to look. If the operating system detects a mouse is connected to ...

1. Turn off the touchpad using a switch on the laptop. Some laptops -- especially newer ones just hitting the streets -- have a control right on the laptop case which disables the touchpad.

Does anyone know of a way to automatically turn off the touchpad on a notebook (XPS 1330 specifically in my case) when I have my bluetooth mouse on? I'm getting better at avoiding tapping thumbs ...

The program doesn't actally turn off your touchpad, so you can still use it as a mouse substitute. But when it senses you're typing, it intercepts touchpad commands that it thinks are spurious.

Patrick Marshall answers questions about disabling the touchpad on a laptop and how to fix a bug in Windows 11.

Many mice also feature a middle-click button that you should explore.  The function of the middle-click button can vary ...

If you prefer to use a laser or trackball mouse or even a pen and tablet to interface with your business computer, you can disable the Synaptics touchpad so that it doesn't interfere.

OK, I'm stumped. I have an elderly Vaio laptop with an Alps touchpad, Windows 10 Pro. I can't stand touchpads, and I always use a regular mouse. But the touchpad is constantly doing things I don't ...

Windows: Back in November we highlighted TouchFreeze, a small utility designed to prevent you from accidentally moving your mouse cursor and messing up text that you're typing while you're typing.

Learn how to use Touchpad & Mouse middle click button - from changing middle button actions to using macros to enabling middle-click on laptops.

Learn how to create a shortcut that opens your mouse properties to the dialog that lets you change your touch pad's settings.