I have a couple of laptops that I have opened the case and unplugged the
touchpad for just that reason.
I prefer a mouse anyway.

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"Nancy" <nancath1965nospam@nocomcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Nancy wrote:
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>>> OK, I went into control panel and then to mouse properties. I cannot
>>> find
>>> where to change the mouse pad sensitivity. I do recall such options
>>> before
>>> I updated the driver since the icon used to be in the task bar. But now
>>> it
>>> isn't there. How can I find these settings?[/color]
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>> I'm sorry but because I can't see your computer, you'll just need to look
>> carefully. I find putting the Control Panel into Classic Mode is the
>> easiest way to find things. You may have a separate applet for the
>> touchpad; if this is the case it may be called "Synaptics".
>>
>> Malke
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> It simply is not there! I have checked every avenue I can think of. I
> also changed the touchpad to show on the taskbar .. in the start menu
> options. I restarted and it still has no icon there. There is also no
> "synaptics". It used to be "alps" but I can't find that any longer
> either.
> Nancy[/color]