Few experiences in life are more infuriating than finding that you've typed four kinds of gibberish because you brushed your touchpad, moving the cursor as you worked. You have a few options: Toss ...

The HP Pavilion's TouchPad replaces your mouse as a pointing device, so you can minimize the need for peripheral devices when traveling on business. This TouchPad is indeed handy, except when typing ...

Many Toshiba laptops feature a touchpad that allows you to control the device with the slightest touch. Accidental touches often result in typos and other errors that employees may find frustrating.

Recently two of my relatives complained of the same maddening problem: They’d be typing along on their laptops when suddenly the cursor would jump, resulting in garbled text or even an unwanted ...

Your laptop's touchpad is a convenient substitute for carrying a mouse, but it can easily get in the way of typing. Brush it with your hand, and you can find that the cursor has moved, resulting in ...

Learn how to create a shortcut that opens your mouse properties to the dialog that lets you change your touch pad's settings. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for ...

September 23, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Ubuntu: If you're running Ubuntu on a laptop, and you want to disable the touchpad when you have it connected ...

Q: My main computer is a laptop, and it has a built-in touchpad. However, I prefer my wireless mouse, and the touchpad has become a major nuisance. Every time my hand accidentally brushes over the pad ...

The touchpad has been the standard laptop pointing device for years. Since touchpads are built into a laptop, they work well when you don’t want to carry around another pointing device. Even when a ...

Have you ever been typing a document and then suddenly your mouse cursor moves to another section of your page? Then, before you know it you are typing in the middle of another sentence you already ...