Comments on: Turning Off Touchpad Tap and Drag on Acer Aspire

By: peter

peter — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:57:14 +0000

You might need to install the correct SYNAPTICS mouse software/drivers before you get the right options. I had to install them but unfortunately have not discovered how to turn the tap off permanently – it re-enables when I re-boot.

For some the only thing wrong is not knowing about the touchpad on/off switch next to the power button (Fn+F7 does not always apply).

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:21:43 +0000

Maybe they changed ur driver for touchpad. Same as to me, I now have standard PS2 mouse, and no way to adjust tapping.

So how to install the correct driver (again) ?

By: Joe Kraynak

Joe Kraynak — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:52:54 +0000

You sound pretty tech savvy, so you probably already thought of this, but just in case… have you tried opening the Control Panel and changing to Classic View?

By: CMR

CMR — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:22:32 +0000

My problem is that I just had my Acer One reformatted and I think that the tech might have accidentally prevented me from disabling the Synaptic pointing device. In fact, I can find no option or accessability to adjust this hardware anywhere on the system. This device setting Icon seems to have just vanished both from the Control Panel and the bottom task bar. Any advice that you can offer me would be greatly appreciated.