Is there a way to disable the touchpad? I am a mouse user and do not like touchpads.
161444
Sorry can't help but you should call ASUS and they should be able to let you know how to disable to touchpad.
161445
Unfortunately no. I have a hatred for touchpads as well. But it rarely causes any issues. I will say this computer in general is fantastic. Super fast, very reliable. Great looking too.
759308
You are probably brushing the touchpad. You might be able to find a setting to disable the touchpad while you are typing. Personally, I always use a mouse and disable the touchpad (mainly because of this problem)
1158626
I don't have any issues with the touch pad. The fact that it is also touch screen, sometimes I forget I have a touchpad!
196152
CHange the sensitivity on the mouse pad, that's usually the cause of that problem, I have had the same laptop for 3 yrs now and I had to do it with this same model, problem solved. Or try and keep you hands away from the touchpad when typing. Its not a defective product, its defective typing b the owner basically. But if you change the built in mouse to be very slow it stops the problem, just too sensitive is all.
733247
Have you turned off your touchpad? It's easy to move the cursor around accidentally with one hand while mousing with the other.
1010065
You can slightly tap the touchpad with "click" fuction. You can also tap it with the mouse switch hidden under the rubber feet. Either way can use the tap feature of the touchpad.
91184
No it does not. The touchpad is poor in general. Spoils an otherwise great design.
137413
If you are referring to the touchpad itself you can try to press the F6 key, that toggles the touchpad on and off. If it is something other than that, We would suggest that you visit our Acer Community website (community.acer.com) for support questions like this. You can join discussions with product specialists and members just like you who are ready to guide you through the process of finding solutions to your issues.
808557
You and I are looking for the same touchpad!!! I don't believe anyone is making the multi-touch point pad we want yet (at least not at an affordable price); this one is a two points of touch pad, so you can do limited gesturing only; I do use it with Windows 8 on a desktop that I dual boot with Windows 7. It's a nice change for my right hand since I use a normal mouse with scroll wheel at work.
70088
switch from the mouse to the touchpad in control panel before you pull the mouse out.
271481
No there is not a mousepad...I use either the keyboard or use the touch screen.
828771
No, you can't. Moving the cursor is done with the whole mouse. The main thing you can do with the touch surface is clicking.
1577379
To mouse, use the touchscreen. There is no mouse available that I'm aware of.
2196826
Yes, you can turn off the touchpad by hitting Fn F7, there is also a setting under the synaptic manager that detects and ignores accidental "palm clicks." You can adjust the sensitivity of this setting by right clicking on the Synaptics Pointing Device icon in the task tray and selecting "Pointing Device Properties." In the new window that pops up, click on "SmartSense." This slider allows you to adjust how the touchpad responds. If set to "Max" then it will only respond to a single finger, any touched area larger than a fingertip will be ignored. It may take some trial and error, but within a few days of owning the laptop you should be able to get it to a comfortable setting for your use.
1740001
I agree! I have started using the tap feature of the touchpad (two fingers for right click). I works OK for most things once you get used to it but for quick response in a game, I have to connect an external mouse (trackball in my case).
1738109
Yes. There is an option to disable the trackpad. You can do it on the "Device Manager" level (if you want it permanently off) or at the trackpad driver level - then it will be off only when you have an external HID (i.e. mouse) plugged in. However, after a while you get used to it, actually, and it becomes borderline workable.
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You can use a separate mouse one way or another. Doesn't matter if the Trackpad is disabled or not. However, if you do want to disable the Trackpad, just do the following: Go to "Devices and Printers" Select the keyboard cover device Select the Trackpad driver settings Click "Change settings" Disable the Trackpad driver.