Need to disable tap to click

[MsGeekette]

Go to 

>Start-Windows Box in the lower left corner of the desktop screen.

-> Type in search “CONTROL PANEL”

>Select “CONTROL PANEL” from the list

>On the control panel screen click “HARDWARE AND SOUND “

> In the list under devices and printers: select “MOUSE”

>Choose ” DEVICE SETTINGS “ tab

>On this screen choose “SETTINGS” 

>Remove the check mark from “TAPPING” option in the list.   This is where you can customize each feature you want to have available for your touchpad capabilities.

[Kate0066]

Same on mine. Been trying to disable via control panel and settings etc but only after reading post by PSI TN did i find out it was an app.

Did as directed and its now sorted, yeah!!!

Katie

[NateV8]

This fixed mine, too.  I had the same problem.  Go to the Start tab and click the Synaptics Touchpad app.  The familiar clickpad settings will be there.

[raymen97]

Found it!

HP uses Elan touchpad instead of Synaptic on my laptop. I just bought my laptop and downloaded several updates. You might want to do the same before you begin.

1. Go to Start > Elan Touchpad.

2. In the ETD Properties screen, select the device and click Options.

3. In the One-finger Tab, select Tapping and unmark the Enable checkbox.

4. Click Apply.

Done. This was very frustrating for me. I hope these instructions help.

[rogercr]

Thank you - I had managed to sort it out but your comments are very helpful - thank you

[redrook]

This is incredibly easy.

Start (search bar) - Touchpad Settings - Additional Settings - Clickpad Settings - Tapping Checkbox

Took me two minutes to figure this out after reading the asinine suggestions about editing the registry or whatever.

[duncanbell3]

THIS WORKS!

Thank goodness for that. 

Touch clicking is a massive ball ache and I'm glad I have finally disabled it.

[Treeleaves]

Click the Windows icon then search "Synaptics TouchPad" - there is an app from Synaptics that lets you control tap-to-click, hallelujiah

[UserFromCT]

Exact same problem. Totally annoying.

[UserFromCT]

ROGERCR, how did you get it to stop requiring you to open settings each time?  Since the Windows driver didn't even let me turn off tapping at all, I installed an old HP driver. That let's me turn off tap-to-click, but, like you, I have to pull up settings (where tapping is unchecked) and ok it every time I start the computer.