This is the answer --- I installed Synaptics for Vista even though I have Windows 7 --- they work beautifully together. You can then disable your touchpad and us a bluetooth mouse and the problem is solved!!! It's great.
Windows 7, touchpad sensitivity, Sony VAIO
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I had Windows Vista Home Premium installed on my Sony VAIO PCG-5KSP laptop computer.
It never happened before, but after I installed Windows 7 the touchpad sensitivity went through the roof. The cursor constantly will be "clicked" by my finger or wrist and move to where the mouse is located while I am typing.
It's already happened twice while typing this! I have already tried searching for TouchPad and looked under Control Panel > Mouse >
There is no tab for Properties/Settings with Sensitivity. Under Properties is only shows General, Driver, and Details, and if I click on Change Settings it again only has General, Driver, and Detail tabs.
Where can I change the stupid touchpad sensitivity??
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2012-11-04T04:13:23+00:00 SCOMAN18....I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!! I AM A BUSY MUM DOING A DEGREE SO HARD PRESSED FOR TIME.....HAVE LITERALLY SPENT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF ONLINE RESEARCH TRYING TO FIX MY VAIO NOTEBOOK AFTER UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 7.
....COULD HARDLY TYPE AS CURSOR MOVING EVERYWHERE, WAS TOTALLY UNABLE TO DISABLE THE TOUCHPAD
YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF DOWNLOADING AT http://www.synaptics.com/support/drivers HAS COMPLETELY SOLVED THE PROBLEM AND NOW TOUCHPAD IS DISABLED.
(I CAN NOW GO TO CONTROL PANEL / MOUSE / SYNAPTICS DEVICE SETTINGS PS/2 DISABLE - FOR ALL YOU READERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM)
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN SCOMAN18 FOR BOTHERING TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME WITH THIS NIGHTMARE OF A PROBLEM. :)
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Anonymous
2012-08-17T18:18:35+00:00 I too have the same issue.
People give the same answer.
But my drivers are up to date.
My settings have been tweaked.
I'm going to Mac. This is rediculous!
Thank you Windows 7!
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Anonymous
2012-07-23T02:34:47+00:00 No longer works. New driver is prettier, with nice videos, and is worthless. Bloatware with even fewer options. Download
tc50082600f.exe
from many Toshiba sites.
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Anonymous
2012-06-23T08:26:11+00:00 It took me quite a wile to find, but I think I found the answer to this one.
-Open the control panel
-Click "Appearance and Personalization"
-Click "change mouse pointers"
-Click on the "Buttons" tab at the top
-Adjust the "Double Click Speed" slider right for faster.
This took care of the issue for me on a Toshiba Satellite, but should work on any system. NOT very user friendly though!