Disable Dell Laptop Keyboard Pointing Stick

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Disable dell laptop keyboard pointing stick.

Similar threads disable track stick laptop keyboard shift key permenantly pressed need help to disable laptop s keyboard gust0007750 may 30 2020 in forum. How do you do that. I ve searched and can t find the answer so i m asking. We have about 50 laptops relevant hardware software being.

To disable the track stick click on start control panel mouse wait for the dell touchpad image to appear and click on the touchpad image click on the option pointing stick or device select you should have an option to disable it there. Welcome to the community. I have a latitude c610 and the mouse cursor is flaking out like a lot of the others do. I am really annoyed with my dell laptop.

This post explains why i recommend that you keep your laptop plugged into a surge protector any time it s charging the battery or running on ac power. How to disable a laptop keyboard step by step disable laptop keyboard when external plugged in windows temporary to use this method you must also have an external mouse as it will disable your laptop s trackpad along with your keyboard use this method while you have your external keyboard and mouse plugged in. One of the steps put out by dell is to disable the pointing stick. When i type the cursor sometimes jumps because the trackpoint mouse button on the keyboard the nubby mouse control between the g h and b keys can.

The only temp solution we have is to install the touchpad driver and have them disable it each time they login. Some dell inspiron laptops are equipped with a track stick that some users erroneously refer to as a trackpoint which is trademarked by ibm. Your laptop s internal keyboard should now be disabled. If you ever need to disable your laptop keyboard in windows 10 you can do so from the device manager however additional steps are required to keep it off after a reboot.

Our challenge is the bloody pointing stick and its buttons. I need to figure out if it is possible either through a registry setting or other means to disable the pointing stick on a laptop by default for all users. We have dell latitude e6420 and e6430 laptops in the field. Multiple users complain that their mouse cursor jumps every where while typing.

By the way if you re still looking for a good but inexpensive usb keyboard you ll find a great selection on amazon. Dell e5500 some e5400 windows xp going to windows 7 soon so perhaps take into account both alps pointing stick device. Windows 10 home users can also permanently disable the laptop s keyboard by updating the device with a driver from another hardware manufacturer.