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Question posted by quazi2020 on November 27th, 2015

Disable The Touchpad

Please Tell Me How To Disable The Touchpad Of Dell Inspiron 1440

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Answer #1: Posted by waelsaidani1 on November 27th, 2015 1:37 AM

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Sounds like you don't have the Dell Touchpad driver installed. Without the driver, Windows sees the touchpad as a generic "PS/2 Compatible Mouse". Visit the downloads section for your Inspiron at support.dell.com and download/install the touchpad driver. Once installed you should be able to set touchpad options from Control Panel->Hardware and Sound->Mouse. (The driver also has an option to add a shortcut in the system tray.)

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Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 16

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Setup Guide - Page 4

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Setup Guide - Page 5

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Setup Guide - Page 7

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Setup Guide - Page 8

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Setup Guide - Page 9

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Setup Guide - Page 10

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Setup Guide - Page 11

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Setup Guide - Page 12

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Setup Guide - Page 13

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Setup Guide - Page 14

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Setup Guide - Page 15

... ExpressCards. Connects to USB devices, such as a mouse, keyboard, printer, external drive, or MP3 player. 13 Opens the optical drive. 7 USB 2.0 connector - Using Your Inspiron™ Laptop 1 ExpressCard slot - NOTE: Your computer ships with a plastic blank installed in /Microphone connector - Ensure that the side with audio programs. 4 Optical drive - Connects to a microphone...

Setup Guide - Page 17

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Setup Guide - Page 19

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Setup Guide - Page 20

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Setup Guide - Page 21

... the functionality of a mouse to move the cursor, drag or move selected items, and left - Provide left -click by tapping the surface. 19 Using Your Inspiron™ Laptop 1 Keyboard - The media controls are also located on a mouse. 3 Touch pad - These keys control CD, DVD, Blu-ray (optional), and media playback. 2 Touch pad...

Setup Guide - Page 22

... vertical scroll zone (extreme right of the touch pad), in a clockwise circular motion to scroll down , or right and left . 20 Circular Scroll - Using Your Inspiron™ Laptop Touch Pad Gestures Scroll Allows you to scroll left .

Setup Guide - Page 23

... pad) to increase or decrease the magnification of the touch pad) to zoom in or out. The zoom feature includes: One finger zoom - Using Your Inspiron™ Laptop 21 Allows you to zoom in. To zoom in: Move a finger up in the zoom zone (extreme left of the screen content. Zoom Allows...

Setup Guide - Page 24

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Setup Guide - Page 58

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