Acer Predator - Touchpad keeps turning back on when I reboot even though I turned it off

usmdesigner77

 Touchpad keeps turning back on when I reboot even though I turned it off before the reboot. I hardly ever want to use it as that's just not something I like and I use a mouse.

My previous Acer Predator that is around 5 years old on Windows 10 had NO problem with this happening. Now with my brand new Predator and Windows 11, it's 100% going to turn on when I reboot.

How can I turn it off, but it STAYS off until I want it back on? The FN+F2 is what turns it off. But it doesn't hold on the reboot.

William_mk2

@usmdesigner77

Try fn + f6 or f6 alone or fn + f7 or f7 alone on keyboard to disable and enable the touchpad. 

Please look at the key f6 and f7 key on keyboard .  You can see the hand symbol with fingers .  That denotes the touchpad function key.  On some models it will be on f6 and some models it will be on f7.  So we need to use the right key depending upon the laptop model .  If fn + f7 is not working then we have to use f7 alone to make it to work.   

On some old laptop models there will be a separate button right next to touch pad area which is below the space bar. It is used to turn on and off the touch pad. On some old models it will be right next to power button.  On all new models, f7 key is used to enable and disable the touch pad. 

If you would like to disable and enable the touchpad, please press and hold fn key on the keyboard and then press f6 or f7 once.  If the touchpad is not getting disabled you can either press f6 alone or f7 alone without holding the fn key.   It is used to enable or disable the touchpad..   

William_mk2

@usmdesigner77

If it is still not working you can go to device manager and disable the touchpad

Try windows + x

go to device manager

Go to Human Interface Devices or Mice and other pointing devices,

Right click on touchpad driver - disable it.

If you find l2c - you can also disable it.

Instead of uninstalling please disable it because if you try to uninstall it ( without checking the box - delete software) , when you restart the computer it will again install the driver automatically.

Commodore_1995#

You can disable it here:

billsey

Best to go the Settings route rather than disabling the hardware. The keypress toggle is designed to not be persistent, so it's acting just as it should.