Is there some way to turn off the mouse trackpad? I'd prefer to use a Bluetooth mouse as my fingers keep 'lingering' on the mousepad area = mistakes!
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Yes. You need to disable the mouse driver in the device manager. Be sure to have only the track pad installed because windows 8 lists all of the mouse drivers in the same area and with the same name. The keyboard dock uses generic mouse and keyboard drivers. Disabling the mouse driver only will not effect the rest of the dock.
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definitely do not use the Apple track pad, I play guitar and am using it right now but searching for a better mouse to replace it since the Apple touch mouse lags so bad. The Apple track pad destroys your wrist, like I mentioned I play guitar and it's stiffened up my right hand wrist to the point of it effecting my guitar playing. The Apple track pad forces you to hover your entire wrist to avoid inadvertent inputs, even if you try to disable most of the touch gestures and just guide the cursor with all four fingers resting, it won't let you set it up to do that.
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Well I myself almost always use a mouse. But the response from Becky seems helpful. She says it can, by pressing (Fn and F7 simultaneously. It's worth a try!!
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I haven't had that exact issue but I did have problems with the mouse/track pad not working right all of the sudden and I called ASUS tech support and they had me re-install the drivers for it which fixed the problem immediately. Maybe you just need to re-install some keyboard drivers, call ASUS they will walk you through it step by step or find another solution. Good luck! 888-678-3688 or customer service 877-339-2787
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I use mine all the time and I usually change it maybe once a month or so. I do not turn it off. You can turn off the mouse when you are not using it.
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Takes a bit of getting use to, the touch pad and left/right click buttons are all one....other then getting use to it, there was no problem. I generally attach a wireless mouse and use it on my laptop anyway.
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Yes, I noticed that too - it's annoying! You can just lightly tap on the trackpad/touchpad to "click" on things and avoid using the noisy button, at least when left-clicking on things (which is what we're usually doing anyway), but when right-clicking you still need to use the button.
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I use a Logitech Anywhere wireless mouse. But it takes over some of the functions of the mouse pad. Like scrolling is assigned to the mouse, and finger gestures no longer work. I don't mind that much. Since I prefer the mouse to the pad . I haven't found a fix yet. Maybe it's a Logitech software issue. Haven't tried any other mouse.
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It's not bluetooth! It connects via a usb fob. I think there is a compartment on the under side of the mouse that stores the tiny fob? (sorry it's at work and I'm not there right now) The mouse also has a on/off switch. With switch on and usb plugged in, the cursor was good to go. I will say, the cursor with this mouse does sometimes "jump" around annoyingly.. or maybe it's just my mouse lol.
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The trackpad works similarly, but there's no side scroll wheel function I can find. It does have the neat feature of press-down 'button' area at the lower (closest to you) edge of the pad. It clicks and gives feedback. Otherwise it seems to function as any other trackpad.
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Yes, and it is NOT worth it. There are other better methods to do the same thing, just search around on google. This is a pain. The little piece that goes between the sides of the keyboard and magic trackpad is always slipping out. It doesn't resolve the problem of clicking the trackpad on a soft surface. Definitely keep looking. There are at least 2 alternatives both of which are better and a more reasonable price.
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I favored the touchpad and being over bluetooth for the application I'm using it on. Overall I'm quite happy with it for the price. Hope that helps :)
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I use the trackpad in bed (I have a bad back and use a computer table as well). I have the touch gestures enabled so that i can tap instead of click. If you have the trackpad set up this way, you can use it on a soft surface.
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I just ordered this laptop. I read those reviews about the trackpad too, but found recent reviews stating that there is an update for the trackpad at Dell, that solves the problem.
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Yes, you can shutoff the touchpad. You can actually do this on all notebook. Just go into control panel, keyboard, then click on the touchpad tab and tell it to turnoff the touchpad when an external mouse is connected. That way when you unplug your mouse you'll be able to move your mouse around, otherwise you won't have a mouse to use if your external mouse stops working.
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Rarely, if ever. Besides, you can turn off the touchpad if it bothers your typing. I believe there might be an option to adjust the sensitivity of the touchpad as well.
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Hi, the trick to having the Mouse stay connected is to have it unselected in the Device Manager for Bluetooth radio. The default setting will turn the BT mouse off to save Energy. Hope all can see this. Feel free to contact me with any questions.