
Just double-tap in the top-left corner of the touchpad. Use Mouse Properties in Windows® to customize settings for pointing devices, such as button configuration, click speed, and pointer options. Then, right-click the device representing your computer, and select Mouse settings. To view and change pointing device preferences, select Start > Devices and Printers. How do I enable the pointing stick on my HP laptop? Click OK to save the settings and close the window.

Click Device Select to disable the touch pad and track stick. Double-click the Mouse icon to bring up the Mouse Properties window. How do I turn off my point stick?Ĭlick the Start button. Click ∽evice Select. Click the ∽isable button under Pointing Stick or Track Stick. Click ∺pply and then click Ok.. Click the touchpad icon on the taskbar to open the touchpad menu. You may want to disable the track stick when you plan to use only a touchpad or external mouse. How do I stop the pointing stick on my laptop?

I take it that you have it all sorted then. I have tried searching for all occurrences of this key in the registry and changing it where appropriate and rebooting the machine, which does indeed disable the pointing stick and buttons, but once a new user logs in, it is enabled again.

I have noticed that in the registry, the key HKU\.\Software\Alps\SelectDevice\SelectDevice was originally set to 0x3f and changed to 0x31 when I set the options through the mouse properties. Windows XP (going to Windows 7 soon, so perhaps take into account both) We have about 50 laptops, relevant hardware/software being: I need to figure out if it is possible, either through a registry setting or other means, to disable the pointing stick on a laptop by default for all users.
