Dell Inspiron - Disable TouchPad when Ext mouse attached - Need help!!

RickC said:

I use the Dell Touchpad driver directly from Dell. It gives me the option that you're looking for (i.e. by clicking on a and checking b):
RickC

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Try Dell's support site for the Inspiron 5748. It shows the Touchpad driver. Note the site's suggestion:



Hope this helps...

Are you able to post a link to the driver/s in question, please? I'm unable to find anything like the 'Intel IO driver' from chipsets so a bit stuck on this method.
Many thanks

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dalchina said:

Your Inspiron appears to have a reasonable set of Win 10 compatible drivers listed: note the urgent BIOS update..
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en...laptop/drivers

See too
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/e...-dell-notebook
https://www.dell.com/community/Windo...8/td-p/4528244

Hi dalchina
Thanks for this. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any helpful information in any of your links. Also, I couldn't find any reference to the ' urgent BIOS update' you mentioned.

I have used the 'check for updates' but had no notification of anything changed.

Many thanks

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Brink said:

Hello Energise,

You might see if an option in the tutorial below may be available for you to disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected.

Disable Touchpad when Mouse is Connected in Windows 10

Hi Brink

I've tried Option 3 but I don't have 'ClickPad/Alt' tab option in Mouse/TrackPad settings. I've tried via Control Panel, Settings

I'm about to try Option 4 now !!! YAY!!! This worked perfectly. Thank you SO very much. I'm really pleased with the 'fix' I've also downloaded the 'UnCheck' option, in case it's needed in the future. Also, I'm documenting the links for this thread and a direct link to the solution page.

So, to all of you, Brink, RickC, Bastet and, especially Dalchina for, just now, taking the time to post more details to help me You're all brilliant and such a value to the people asking questions here, sharing your expertise and knowledge. I'd certainly be totally stuck if it weren't for brilliant folks like yourselves :)

Thanks for this. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any helpful information in any of your links. Also, I couldn't find any reference to the ' urgent BIOS update' you mentioned.

Let me do it for you.. you have to click a couple of things:


I'll assume you expanded the text for Win 10 in Dell's general guidance to see e.g.

- from the 1st link.

Clearly if Dell's guidance hasn't helped, you have very specific ideas given to you from which by now I'd have liked to have thought you would have found a way forward.

The Dell Latitude 3340 I'm on now has the Dell Touchpad software with its TouchSmart feature, seems to have no automatic effect when using a Bluetooth mouse. I prefer the Bluetooth whenever possible as it frees up a USB port.

Great news. Glad we could help.