How to Disable Synaptics Features But Still Have a Touchpad

Windows 7 laptop (Lenovo) 64 bit.

I want to stop all the extra features of the Synaptics touchpad on my computer but still be able to use the pad as mute. I mean, I don't want the pointer to grab onto objects and open links or do anything unless I click on that object. I don't like all these new features and don't know how to stop the pointer from opening links. It also opens and closes apps. I went into the mouse properties and disabled all the features but the mouse still has a mind of its own. Is there any alternatives? I don't want to only use an external mouse as I often use the laptop sitting on a couch and a mouse is not convenient.

Synaptics Touchpad V7.2 on PS2.Port.

Problem solved. I thought I had disabled all the special features but have overlooked the ClickLock. This feature is so annoying, I don't know how it could be an asset.

Thanks.

OOPZ...maybe I was premature on stating this problem is solved. When I unchecked to lock feature, the problem cleared up but now after using my computer a bit longer, I'm having occasional issues as before, closing web pages, opening pages I didn't select (but the pointer moved over the link and opened pages I didn't select.

I'll try it for a few days and report back if I'm having problems still. I note that one of the thread links posted had temporary relief from this problem but then it started back up and I didn't see a final solution.

No, this is not a solved problem. When I disabled the lock feature, it was improved but about an hour later the problem erupted again. When I move the pointer across links, files, objects, it opens them without any action on my part. Not all the time, but much of the time. I disabled all the features in the mouse properties but something is still causing this problem. I am using a photo editing program and it is executing some procedures before I select it. And if I accidentally leave the pointer on a function like 'close,' it will automatically close it.

Any ideas on how to stop these issues?

Any help here? I've disabled all the special features and unchecked the LOCK feature and this pointer is still latching onto files and links, opening and closing pages, etc. I just want a dead touch pad, one that works like it did before they developed all this touch-screen technology. Are there any drivers available that will reset my touchpad/mouse to that environment?

I basically disabled everything connected to the touchpad/mouse. I do want my touchpad to work, but not by initiating any actions on its own. It is driving me bonkers. If I rest the mouse on an object, a link, a 'close page' icon, on an image in Flickr, it will automatically open or act on that link. Do you know specifically which mouse/touchpad features are causing this problem for me? No, I didn't try that driver. When I hovered over the link, the software opened it and I got a warning msg about that site being on a third party blacklist. Perhaps some of those drivers (not the one you pointed to) are loaded with other goodies. (Seems like a good place to infect others, if one is into that sort of nefarious actiities.) I am not savvy with this newer technology and was doing just fine until we entered the error of touch-screen technology. I do not have that technology on my computers. I read somewhere to uninstall the Synaptics software and let Windows use the default drivers for the touchpad, but that didn't work for me. It disabled the touchpad entirely and I had to plug in a mouse to gain access again to my computer.

I can't believe I am the one and only user who does not want this new technology...and using a mouse exclusively on this laptop won't work because I use it sometimes in situations where that wouldn't be practical.