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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2010-07-16T17:41:49+00:00 I was going crazy with the sensitivity of my touchpad after installing Windows 7!!!! The cursor was possessed. I installed Synaptics, turned off the touchpad, and it works wonderfully with my wireless mouse.
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2010-07-07T03:58:43+00:00 : Just to let you know. Win 7 64bit The synaptics driver for the glidepad fixed several problems with the mouse jumping and control of the of the pad and reaction. Is like night and day, a Sony tech told me I needed to replace the glidepad. Don't always believe what they tell you.. Thanks to the forum from windows with the suggestion for the synaptics driver...
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2010-06-14T21:37:15+00:00 Go to http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?origin=new&ct=DL for the Toshiba driver. I hated this problem - it drove me up the wall until I found this forum answer. Thanks.
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2010-02-18T16:15:49+00:00 Thank you sooooo much. I, too, was having this problem after installing Windows 7 and when I went to find the settings for it that I used on Vista, they were not there. I did what you said and it fixed the problem.