More computer help

I am required to use a PC at work and I have the newest HP Elitebook. It's very thin & light but it's still a PC.

The issue I'm having is trying to type over the track pad. You have to reach over the trackpad to reach the keyboard and this causes strange inputs by the trackpad.

The track pad picks up my thumbs and hands as signals for it to do something - anything and it almost makes it so that you can't type with 2 hands. For instance the computer is always moving my cursor towards the top of the page right in the middle of typing. I'll look down and find I've got half a paragraph where it belongs and the other half has been randomly inserted into the first paragraph on the page.

On my Macs there's a setting that turns the sensitivity of the trackpad way down when you're typing so the trackpad doesn't do stuff like this, but apparently the PC doesn't.

I am on the phone to IT about this almost every day hoping that I'll finally get someone who knows how to fix this, but so far no one has a solution.

One day while exploring Devices I found a setting that reduced the sensitivity of the pad which helped some, but this setting doesn't survive a reboot.

Any of you GRMers know how to fix this?

Depends on which OS you're using. Win7?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/204693/Disable_Your_Laptops_Touchpad_While_You_Type_Windows_7_Edition.html

Your laptop might have the capability built into the trackpad driver:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-disable-the-touchpad-while-you-are-typing/

There should be a little light in one corner of the trackpad. If I remember correctly you can double tap the light and that will turn off the pad until you restart the computer or double tap the light again.

How do you disable the touch pad on Elitebook 8460p

That thread is a little old but should get you where you want to be.

What about a eternal keyboard, just plug it into usb?

My wife's HP has a small indention in one corner of the touchpad. If I remember right, you double tap it and it disables the pad.

The double tap in a corner doesn't work. There is no light, but there is a tiny indention.

In an ideal world I'd not totally disable the pad, it would reduce sensitivity while I'm typing so I can still use it when I'm not.

I've got Win7 so I'll follow the links from Gameboy and see if that works.