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    Dell Vostro 1310 - $724

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Outphaze, Sep 9, 2008.

  1. Outphaze

    Outphaze Notebook Guru

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    I tend to touch my palm against my keypad frequently when typing, and it screws up my documents while typing.

    Is there a way to Disable the keypad while a mouse is plugged into the USB? So far I haven't found a way to do it.
     
    Outphaze, Sep 9, 2008
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    If you have the Synaptics touchpad software installed, you should be able to click on an option for disabling when you have a USB mouse installed.
     
    ScifiMike12, Sep 11, 2008
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    There was a post about this yesterday in the Gateway forum. Dell's version of the Synaptic touchpad drivers have a feature that can automatically disable the touchpad when a USB or Bluetooth mouse is detected. Here's yesterday's post:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=297956
     
    WarlordOne, Sep 18, 2008
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    Here's what it looks like on my Gateway FX

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    WarlordOne, Sep 18, 2008
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