Do you turn off the touch pad on your laptop?
 

I find it hard to type without hitting mine all the time. I always use an external mouse and turn mine off. Today I am having problems working out how to turn this one off and what a pain in the ass it is ...

Just wanted to vent here

I always turn mine off if I am using an external device

I found an option. You can set it to turn off automatically when an external mouse is plugged in to the USB. Wow finally. This is great

hey, where'd you find that?

Yes, I do :)

Yes. Find it impossible to type otherwise.

nope, never had any issues with it

im thinking about it today

normally it doesnt bother me, however today im getting sent all over the place by my thumb just touching it

I just smash my touch pad with a hammer immediately after purchasing laptop. Saves ages of time looking for the setting.

yes, I do!
I use an external mouse!

No I dont but would like to have it auto shut off with an external plugged in.

Its on the Dell Touch pad settings. Down near the clock on windows 7.

Yeah, that is what I do. I used to hate having my cursor bounce all over my paragraphs.