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Question

Disable clickpad

Aug 22, 2013 2:00AM PDT

How do you permanently disable the clickpad on an HP ENVY laptop using Windows 8? Restarting re-enables the clickpad.

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(NT) In device manager, disable it?
Aug 22, 2013 2:02AM PDT
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Control panel/Mouse/Clickpad settings/Disable/Apply
Aug 22, 2013 2:12AM PDT

Just signing out and signing in again re-enables the clickpad

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(NT) That's not device manager, is it?
Aug 22, 2013 2:27AM PDT
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Disable clickpad
Aug 27, 2013 12:42AM PDT

NOTE:You will need to use an external mouse or some other pointing device to
control the cursor when the ClickPad is disabled.
To disable the ClickPad:

Click Start , enter mouse in the search field, and then select the Mouse
control panel program from the search results.

On the Device Settings tab of the Mouse Properties panel, click the
Disable button to turn off the ClickPad.
The ClickPad can be re-enabled when needed.