sony vaio and the touchpad

I want to turn the touchpad off on my wifes sony vaio
but in control panel it isnt ther under the mouse icon - where do i control
the touchpad?
Thanks
Eric

My laptop isn't a Sony, but many use the Synaptec touchpad.
Usually if you have a mouse plugged in, it works in addition to the
touchpad.
I have never found it necessary to disable the touchpad, and if you did and
the mouse or port failed, how would you get it back?

"Eric" <> wrote in message
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>I want to turn the touchpad off on my wifes sony vaio
> but in control panel it isnt ther under the mouse icon - where do i
> control
> the touchpad?
> Thanks
> Eric

"Not Me" <> wrote in message
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> My laptop isn't a Sony, but many use the Synaptec touchpad.
> Usually if you have a mouse plugged in, it works in addition to the
> touchpad.
> I have never found it necessary to disable the touchpad, and if you did
> and the mouse or port failed, how would you get it back?

A number of the Sony VAIO laptop lines have strange issues with the
touchpad reacting in reverse with no real fix available.

If it's because she's accidentally bumping the touchpad with her thumb, rest
assured that over time she will develop the habit of holding he thumb
differently as she types. I learned that when I got my first laptop....

LesleyO

"Eric" <> wrote in message
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>I want to turn the touchpad off on my wifes sony vaio
> but in control panel it isnt ther under the mouse icon - where do i
> control
> the touchpad?
> Thanks
> Eric

Not Me wrote:

> My laptop isn't a Sony, but many use the Synaptec touchpad.
> Usually if you have a mouse plugged in, it works in addition to the
> touchpad.
> I have never found it necessary to disable the touchpad, and if you did and
> the mouse or port failed, how would you get it back?
>
> "Eric" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>>I want to turn the touchpad off on my wifes sony vaio
>> but in control panel it isnt ther under the mouse icon - where do i
>> control
>> the touchpad?
>> Thanks
>> Eric

I want to turn the fool thing off, i have an external mouse, but if you
accidentally brush the pad while typing, your mouse jumps all over the place
and screws up everything.

> I have never found it necessary to disable the touchpad, and if you did and
> the mouse or port failed, how would you get it back?
Great! Thats good for you but not for me.
When have all the USB ports ever failed? As long as one works you can plug in
a mouse.
Eric

Eric wrote:

> I want to turn the touchpad off on my wifes sony vaio
> but in control panel it isnt ther under the mouse icon - where do i
> control the touchpad?
> Thanks
> Eric

Is she running Linux? That can be done by editing the xorg.conf file.

Cheers.

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I found this by googling "disable sony vaio touchpad"...

Go to C:\Program Files\Sony\Setting Utility Series and run
VCCPointingDevice.exe. Untick the "Enable" checkbox and voila - this would
disable the touchpad. You could create a shortcut to the file above for easy
access!

To enable the touchpad you need to run the same executable and tick the
"Enable" checkbox. You need to have an external mouse to move around and if
you are a GNU-Linux freak, I guess you can make you way around without the
mouse.

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"Eric" <> wrote in message
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> I want to turn the touchpad off on my wifes sony vaio
> but in control panel it isnt ther under the mouse icon - where do i
> control
> the touchpad?
> Thanks
> Eric

> I want to turn the fool thing off, i have an external mouse, but if you
> accidentally brush the pad while typing, your mouse jumps all over the
> place
> and screws up everything.


Hi. You are not alone. I have had my Sony for a while, and I can not type
on it because of the Mouse Pad. The Pointer jumps all over the place just
like yours. It's really terrible.

I appreciate Lori's shortcut method. I've been doing it the long way.
Under Start > All Programs, look for "Vaio Support Central" and click on
"Vaio Central" TouchPad options are there.

I've set a Windows shortcut to the program Lori provided. :>)

I believe I use to turn this off in the BIOS. I don't remember anymore.

I've noticed the newer HP laptops have a button that turns the TouchPad
on/off. I think this is a great idea, and one I've been waiting a long time
for.
Sony is just terrible in this design.

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"Eric" <> wrote in message
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> Not Me wrote:
>
>> My laptop isn't a Sony, but many use the Synaptec touchpad.
>> Usually if you have a mouse plugged in, it works in addition to the
>> touchpad.
>> I have never found it necessary to disable the touchpad, and if you did
>> and
>> the mouse or port failed, how would you get it back?
>>
>> "Eric" <> wrote in message
>> news:. ..
>>>I want to turn the touchpad off on my wifes sony vaio
>>> but in control panel it isnt ther under the mouse icon - where do i
>>> control
>>> the touchpad?
>>> Thanks
>>> Eric
>
> I want to turn the fool thing off, i have an external mouse, but if you
> accidentally brush the pad while typing, your mouse jumps all over the
> place
> and screws up everything.
>
>> I have never found it necessary to disable the touchpad, and if you did
>> and
>> the mouse or port failed, how would you get it back?
> Great! Thats good for you but not for me.
> When have all the USB ports ever failed? As long as one works you can plug
> in
> a mouse.
> Eric
>

LAB Enterprises wrote:

> I found this by googling "disable sony vaio touchpad"...
>
> Go to C:\Program Files\Sony\Setting Utility Series and run
> VCCPointingDevice.exe. Untick the "Enable" checkbox and voila - this would
> disable the touchpad. You could create a shortcut to the file above for easy
> access!
>
> To enable the touchpad you need to run the same executable and tick the
> "Enable" checkbox. You need to have an external mouse to move around and if
> you are a GNU-Linux freak, I guess you can make you way around without the
> mouse.
>
> Lori
>
ok -thanks
Eric

"YodaPug" <> wrote in message
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>
> Help! I've just reformatted the hard drive on my Sony Vaio and installed
> Windows 7 (to escape the dreaded Vista originally installed). Now I've
> discovered I need a copy of "vccpointingdevice.exe" as mentioned
> elsewhere on this thread, to control my touchpad. Can't find a copy
> anywhere through Google. Can anyone help with a location for a copy?
> Thanx.
>

Does Sony not have a touchpad driver on their website? They should do.....