Anyone have a Dell computer?

[jscott]

Hey all, I have a brand new Dell Inspiron 15 laptop computer, I'm trying to figure out how to disable the stupid touchpad thingy, but I can't find it anywhere in my control panel

Anyone know how to disable it?

So far the best page I found so far explaining it is:
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/05/disable-touch-pad-of-your-laptop-avoid.html
But the instructions what to do there aren't the same with my control panel that I have (maybe theirs is a bit older)

Please help, it's SOOOOOOOOO annoying!!!!!

Thank you

[growers]

if you have this fn button and usually you can see the button with hand somewhere on the function keys "f7, f8 f9" to disable the touchpad. :D hope it helps.

[jscott]

Also, an awesome Camdough (http://camdough.com) rep told me to try this:

First, turn on (or restart) your computer. When the Dell logo comes up
press F2 to open the bios setup program.

Press Alt-p three times to get to page 4. Near the middle of the
screen you should see an option called Pointing Device. Change it from
Touch Pad - PS/2 Mouse to just PS/2 Mouse (this should work fine for
your USB mouse). Then press ESc to exit the bios, making sure to save
the changes.



Thanks growers and Cat, I'll get these 2 things tried to make sure it's disabled, gonna finish my work first then I'll give them a try :)

[growers]

yeah sure no problem :)

[jscott]

I clicked "Fn + F7" it gets me the "Caret Browsing" options, and + F8 and + F9 and it doesnt do anything :(

[jscott]

CamdoughCat, I tried that, but the BIOS isnt setup normal, it shows like only the stuff but no edit options

Growers, I tried yours but like I said in above post, those didnt work :(

I searched google, found the way they said to do, (link in my 1st post), and that doesnt work

This is fucking HORRIBLE! OMG!!!!