Hi. Here's how you turn the mouse pad off on a Dell Laptop: 1. Go to the start menu, then to the control panel. In some cases, the control panel may be under the "settings," sub menu of the start menu. 2. Once in the control panel, press "m" until you hear "mouse." 3. Press enter. The first option that will come up is a radio button to enable or disable the mouse or track pad. Press down arrow until you hear "disabled," then press enter. That should do it. Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician Adaptive Technology Center Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired 1850 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay) ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIM Screen Name: tclhelp -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx