The touchpad or trackpad on a laptop keyboard is convenient to use when you're on the road or sitting in a tight space. Those tiny tables in coffee shops and airports don't leave a lot of room for a ...

Although the touchpad on an Asus laptop can be useful for clicking, scrolling and selecting content, it can be a nuisance if you're using an external wired or wireless mouse. If you're a business ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ubuntu: If you're running Ubuntu on a laptop, and you want to disable the touchpad when you have it connected to an external keyboard or mouse, Touchpad-Indicator is a menubar applet that can help.

This program was designed to stop you from accidentally hitting your laptop/netbook's trackpad with your thumbs while you are typing. However, this program didn't really work for me—I still ...