Take Control of a Netbook or Laptop Touchpad while Typing

Here we take a look at a few ways to alleviate this problem.

Touchpad Pal

One free app that will help you out is Touchpad Pal (link below).

Just download and install it following the defaults in the wizard.

We tested this out on an HP-Mini 311 Netbook which has an Alps touchpad.

TouchpadPal lives in your Taskbar and runs quietly in the background when needed.

It pops up a notification balloon letting you know it blocked a touchpad click.

We also ran this on our HP Mini Netbook.

Like Touchpad Pal, it lives in the Taskbar and runs quietly in the background.

Here we tested it out using WordPad on our Netbook and it seemed to do a good job.

Especially if you’re trying to get work done quickly.

Each touchpad is different depending on the computer you have so changing the properties will vary.

By tweaking the sensitivity hopefully you could get a configuration you’re happy with.

If you want to go the wireless route (and who doesn’t want less cables!)

Microsoft makes some really nice ones that are sturdy and responsive.

Of course they’re smaller which is nice for transporting it around.

The Microsoft travel mouse comes with software you’re able to use to customize it as well.

Download Touchpad Pal

Download TouchFreeze