Script to Disable Touchpad?

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I have a Lenovo G570 notebook that I love except for one little detail. I hate, loathe, detest, and just don't like touchpads and there is no way to permanently turn the stupid thing off on this machine. I can turn it off after booting by hitting FN/F6 but, of course, I never remember to do so until I mess up whatever I'm typing by dragging my thumb or hand over the idiot touch pad. I've tried the usual "solutions" without any luck (leastwise, not the good kind).

What would be nice if there was some kind of script that would run during boot up that would, essentially, "press" the FN/F6 combination. Can anyone help me with that?

 

[Sub Styler]

Disable it in the device manager.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Disable it in the device manager.

Tried that. No can do.

 

[Sub Styler]

Do you have or know anyone with Visual Basic (or visual studio) I no longer have a licence since XP

You can make a SendKeys app to press that for you, put it in the startup folder and set it to run in compatibility mode for XP SP2 (or UAC kicks off)

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Do you have or know anyone with Visual Basic (or visual studio) I no longer have a licence since XP

You can make a SendKeys app to press that for you, put it in the startup folder and set it to run in compatibility mode for XP SP2 (or UAC kicks off)

Sorry. What you said is totally over my head.

 

[Sub Styler]

Visual Basic is used to write simple software, there is a command in VB6 that allows you to make key presses via a script (SendKeys) Unfortunately it not quite compatible with windows 7, but can be tweaked. I think there is software that does just that too, cant remember the name though, brb I will "Search Engine" it.

 

[Sub Styler]

I can find the code, and without VB it should run from a batch file, any key you can imagine except Fn!

 

[kbrady1979]

Is there nowhere in the software/mouse settings to disable touchpad if you have a mouse connected?

 

[PooMan UK]

This is a bit extreme but you could take it to your local IT store and they could disconnect the small ribbon cable that's below the keyboard 5min job

 

[maxie]

Hi there ... I think if you Uninstalled the Lenovo Energy Management .It would be possible to disable it. But i am sure you wont want to do that

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Is there nowhere in the software/mouse settings to disable touchpad if you have a mouse connected?

No. Believe me, I've tried. The mouse settings say that you can disable the TP there but, as soon as you reboot, the *&^%$#@! POS is back!

 

[kbrady1979]

Is there any software that the mouse uses that you may have disabled on startup? I'm reaching, but I have to ask because I've seen it before. Sometimes if you disable the software the mouse uses, it will still work, but some functionality, such as the computer recognizing there is a mouse plugged up on startup might not work.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Is there any software that the mouse uses that you may have disabled on startup? I'm reaching, but I have to ask because I've seen it before. Sometimes if you disable the software the mouse uses, it will still work, but some functionality, such as the computer recognizing there is a mouse plugged up on startup might not work.

Nope.

 

[kbrady1979]

Then I am beyond useless lol......that's all the bright ideas I had and was pretty certain you had already checked for that. I'll keep looking around for a solution.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Thanks!

 

[Jacee]

Take a look in "Services", it may be there.

 

[Britton30]

I don't like the gawd awful things either! Maybe you've been there, in Device Manager there should be a listing for the touchpad, ex. Synaptics. Can you/did you disable it from there? I did this with my old Dell, circa 2007, and it stayed off.

 

[Anak]

Lady F what type of touchpad do you have, synaptic or alps?

 

[derekimo]

Just for reference on this,

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/247524-disabling-touchpad-lenovo-g570-laptop.html

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I don't like the gawd awful things either! Maybe you've been there, in Device Manager there should be a listing for the touchpad, ex. Synaptics. Can you/did you disable it from there? I did this with my old Dell, circa 2007, and it stayed off.

Tried that, no joy.