Windows 10: I really need help disabling my touchpad

Hello,My touchpad has a problem with one of the buttons so its pointless having it working, since its clicking for its own which messes up what I'm doing.I've tried many ways to disable it permanently but they either don't work at all or when I restart he comes back.I'm using a very old laptop, a Toshiba Tecra S10-11F PTSB3E-00S00YEP and its so old, that I cant find drivers for this exact model.My touchpad settings in my PC only have a feature to change the sensitivity and, according to my research, the only way for all the settings to appear is updating the drivers, something I can't do.I'v

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How to disable the touchpad.

Hi Ralph,

There are a lot of factors for this issue to occur. To
isolate the issue, we have some questions for you:

• 
  Were there any changes made before the issue occur?
  
• 
  What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
  

If it is a tablet, the touchpad will not be disabled as a design. For more accurate information, we suggest that
you contact your manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how
everything goes.

Regards.

 

disable touchpad

Hi James,

Touchpad is usually disabled and re-enabled by pressing the Fn and either
F3 or F9 keys, but that depends on the laptop that you have. Each brand have its own shortcut keys. However, you can disable the touchpad from the Settings page. Follow these steps:

1. Open Settings > Devices.
2. In the left pane, click Touchpad.
3. To completely disable the touchpad, toggle off Touchpad.
4. If you only want to disable the touchpad when an external mouse is connected, check the box for
   Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected option.

Let me know if you need further help so I can assist you.

Regards.

 

Disabling Synaptic touchpad in Windows 10, and why it won't stay disabled. For a left handed person, it is disruptive.

Hi,

If you wish to disable your touchpad, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below.

• Press Windows Key +X.
• Select Device manager.
• Expand Mice and other pointing devices.
• Right click on Synaptic touchpad driver and select Disable.
• Click OK to confirm and check with the issue.

Please reply us with the status to assist you further.