I bought a new asus laptop 3 weeks ago, one of the reasons I chose it was the feature of disableing & enableing the mouse pad. (I'm 72 yrs, old & I have bad tremmer. Since I had a heartattack '95.) It worked well for me for about a week, then I had a soft ware problem they couldn't fix. They reprogrammed my ASUS to fix another problem, and since then When I press th FN-F9 buttons they don't set the disable feature any more. The Co. I bought it from is unwilling to reset it for me. (Kearney Computer Solutions; Kearney, Ne.

ever think to ask asus this>?
my guess the goal is to have only external USB mouse working?
The touch pad like all touch pads have driver, that matches your unstated OS.
some touch pads have feature that is called.
Auto turn off, if other mouse detected.
what you have there for a driver, as anyones guess. nor upgrades,
on my laptop I got an upgrade to that pad driver that added this feature, (new)
lacking this feature there are only 2 fixes.

so learn to device manager,
click the pad driver there and pick disable device.
this kills the pad dead.
or open up PC and unplug the pad wire cable.
there i have covered all 3 ways to do this.

again, NO OS stated at all
is it running windows?
if yes, click control panel,click system and bingo for what OS this is, windows 7,8 and 10 is best.

Hellocrazybookworm,

To "Disable" the Mouse Pad, or ("Pointer Device").

• Go to the Control Panel; select the (Mouse) in the Hardware and Sound category.
  

• Next select the Device Settings, in the (Devices) block.
  

• Click on, and "highlight the item you want to [Disable]" this being the "Pointer Device.
  

• This will also "Disable" the "Mouse Pad."
  

• Click the "Disable button," just below.
  

• "Always ("click") on the, "Apply, and OK buttons before exiting.
  

• *Note: Restarting the Computer, will configure "System" changes in the Computer.
  

• To prevent errors from occurring. This is also important when, (Installing / Uninstalling) "Programs."
  

• "To include (Enabling / Disabling) of Hardware."
  

  If this information helped? Return and give a "Helpful Rating," please!
  Thanks, paul7of9
  

How to Disable aMouse Pad on an Asus Notebook

Touchpads are fairly standard equipment on laptops these days, in lieu of theolder "eraser-head" track buttons. Because laptops are typically notused in locations that are conducive to using a full- mouse, touchpads areused instead to allow the user to move the mouse pointer with a finger.Occasionally however, you may find yourself wanting to disable thetouchpad---perhaps while you are typing so that accidentally brushing thetouchpad does not reposition the typing cursor. Somewhat ironically, in orderto disable an ASUS laptop's touchpad, you first need to fully enable thetouchpad's software by installing the correct drivers onto your computer.
Instructions
Installing theTouchpad Drivers
1. Open yourpreferred Web browser and navigate to the ASUS driver download page. 2. Select theproduct, series and model of your laptop using the drop-down menus on the ASUSwebsite and click the "Search" button. 3. Select your laptop's operating system andexpand the "Touchpad" category in the new page. 4. Click the"Global" option. This will bring up a "Download" dialog boxon your screen. Save the driver install file to your hard drive. Launch it whenthe file has finished downloading. 5. Follow theinstructions to begin the automated driver installation program. You may needto restart your computer to complete the installation.Disabling theTouchpad
1. Click the "Start" button and launchthe control panel from the start menu.
2.Click"Mouse" in the control panel window to open a new dialog box. 3. Click the "Device Settings" tab. 4. Select thetouchpad in the list of installed devices and click the "Disable"button. This will disable the touchpad.

Touchpads
you can enable and disable the touchpads Touchpad: - to enable or disable a touch pad/pointing device from the Start Menu > control panel > Change to classic view - {on left hand menu} click on the mouse icon Mouse Properties dialog box, click "Device Settings tab" select the device click to Enable or Disable OR You may need to enable in the bios/setup menu - as the PC boots - you should get a message on how to get into the bios/setup - usually using F2 or DEL Key or F10 see if touch pad needs to be enabled there OR one of the F keys may disable/enable - depends on the model of the Laptop - toshiba sometime use FN+F9 key

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To turn off the touchpad when an external mouse or other pointing device is present, you can goto the Control Panel and double click the Mouse properties icon.

Click the Device Select tab and check "Disable Touch Pad when USB Pointing Device is present." The cursor will no longer move via the touchpad.

Alternatively, you can permanently disable the touchpad of your laptop by clicking the "Disable Device" in the Touch Pad setting. Advanced users can disable the touchpad from the BIOS setup [press F2 when the computer is booting to enter BIOS settings]

Unfortunately, there are no keyboard shortcuts to enable/disable Touchpad movement or tapping. You can however drag the Mouse icon from the control panel to your Quick launch bar for quick access.

If that sounds too much effort, you may consider adjusting the sensitivity of the touchpad. This can be accessed from the Touch Pad tab of our mouse properties. Choose a low setting.
You can also go to link below to get help.

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/05/disable-touch-pad-of-your-laptop-avoid.html

Hi,
Please try the following to fix the problem,
1.) Did we accidently press the button to 'enable/Disable' the touch pad/mouse?, for most of the machines its fn-f9.
2.) Try plugging in an external mouse to see if you can get back your mouse functionality.
3.) There can be a problem with the touch pad, try reinstalling the drivers again.

Please let us know if that was helpful enough.
Good Luck & Thanks
Shiv.

First check: Control Panel -> Mouse -> TouchPad On/Off

Second check for a button near the mouse pad, often there are buttons that will enable/disable the touchpad

Thrid use the shortcut key FN+F9(or what ever F key that is used by your laptop) to disable/enable the TouchPad.

Fourth try this software: http://www.kingzm.com/eng/files/download/MouseManager.zip

Fith
- Select Start, Settings, Control panel.
- Open System, click on Hardware, and Device Manager.
- Expand "Mice and other pointing devices", and double click on the entry below, that may be called "HID-Compliant mouse", or "Alps Pointing Device".
- Under "Device usage", choose "Do not use this device in the current hardware profile (disable)", and click OK.

Btw, I’m available to help over the phone in case u need at https://www.6ya.com/expert/thomas_b78b4251cd160cd2

use function key "FN" and "F7" to turn it on

What Toshiba do you have? Without knowing that it is would be hard to help you.

Is this a new laptop?

One suggestion I can say is: Check on near at the mouse pad area to see if there is any button that enables or disables features of the mouse pad.

function and f7 key disable and enabled mousepad