Mouse/touchpad problems

[falsechameleon]

Ok. I've had this problem before and las time it just went away, but this time, I'm just confused. I plugged in my new mouse into the USB cable in my laptop and it installed the device or whatever and it now works fine. Unfortunately, my touchpad is currently working as well (WITH MY MOUSE plugged in, because in actuality, when you plug in the mouse, the touchpad dsables automatically, so you can use your mouse and when you unplug the mouse, the touchpad works) so how do I make the touchpad NOT work at the same time (as it does currently)??? It's annoying having both working at the same time. I tried finding the touchpad to disable it in device manager, but was unable to find it. Any suggestions as to how I can fix my problem? Thanks ahead of time!

[snowmonkey]

sorry to say that,, but you are trying to break something that is working fine,, that's how it has been designed !!! where you could pick up your laptop and take it anywhere and it will work without having you to bring an extra mouse with you.

[Montego]

Try looking in the mouse properties.

I have a toshiba satillite 2450, and one of the tabs is entirely dedicated to whether the touch pad is on or off.