Turning off the built in laptop mouse..

[Len351]

Is it possible to turn off the built in mouse that's just below the keyboard on a laptop? I have a USB mouse plugged in on the side but it doesn't override the mouse on the laptop or disable it. Sometimes I hit the mouse below the keyboard with my palm when I'm typing and it screws stuff up. Anyone have this problem?

[kaulbach]

In Device Manager a right-click..disable on a device will prevent windows from using it.

[Tuttle]

Check in Control Panel | Mouse and in BIOS setup too. If the drivers or BIOS provide a way to automatically toggle it, that's even better than disabling it outright.

Alternatively, you can just turn off tapping on the pad. It'll still move the mouse, but to click you'll have to actually press the button instead of just tapping the pad.

[Len351]

I went to the Control Panel - selected Printers Other Hardware - and selected Mouse. There I picked the Device Settings tab and disabled the Synaptics TouchPad V6.2 device. In case anyone has a HP Pavilion dv5000 and they're having the same problem - there's your answer. Thanks guys.