How do I completely & permanently disable the Synaptics touchpad?

[Java1966]

I've looked through lots of answers to other peoples questions on the same topic and have tried most of them. Nothing seems to work..

Any ideas?

[REO51ST]

Welcome to the HP Support Community  @Java1966 

You can just "Disable" it or "Disable it when external USB is connected".

REO

[BQ7]

What REO51ST said^^

[Java1966]

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

I can't bring that dialogue box up..  

I can bring up a dialogue box for the click pad and there is an option to disable but, it is shaded(?) out and you can't click on it.

Any other thoughts?

[REO51ST]

@Java1966 

Do you see the box "Additional Settings"???

If so then click on it.

REO

[Java1966]

Thanks for your reply.

I've tried that but that I do not get the option of disabling the touchpad/clickpad (see above reply)..

This is what it is : Synaptics SMBus ClickPad

Hope this helps...