How to Disable the EZ Pad Touchpad on a Gateway Laptop

If you attach a mouse to a laptop, you probably want to disable the laptop touchpad. Keeping the touchpad on while you have a mouse attached can get in the way of what you are doing. You can accidentally hit it while doing something on the laptop, move the pointer in a different place and have it completely ruin what you were doing. Disabling the touchpad, and with it the touchpad buttons, will make using a mouse with your Windows Gateway laptop much easier.

Instructions

1. Click the "Start" button at the bottom of the screen.

2. Click "Control Panel" to open the settings for your computer.

3. Select "Hardware and Sound" out of the icons.

4. Click "Mouse" to open the mouse properties to configure the mouse and touchpad settings.

5. Hit "Device Settings" to set the touchpad device.

6. Select the EZ Pad Touchpad on the list of devices.

7. Click "Disable" underneath the device list.

8. Hit "OK" to exit and save your settings.

References

• Gateway Support: Notebook User Guide (PDF)
• Gateway Support: EZ Pad TouchPad