Turning off mouse in middle of keyboard

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Really obvious question but can someone tell me how to turn off the purple pointer in the middle of the keyboard? I keep knocking it when I'm typing and it's driving me mad!

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IBM Thinkpads use black or red.. early black and reds were just a rubber
top.. then they changed the reds to a type with a rough surface that
captures dead skin cells.. yuck..


"Miss Perspicacia Tick" <misstick@lancre.dw> wrote in message
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> HR wrote:
> > Really obvious question but can someone tell me how to turn off the
> > purple pointer in the middle of the keyboard? I keep knocking it when
> > I'm typing and it's driving me mad!
>
> One would assume you have a laptop (probably an IBM ThinkPad or a Toshiba
> Satellite). This has nothing whatsoever to do with XP and suggest you RTFM
> that was supplied with the unit.
>
>
>

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Pointer thingy?.. in BIGBLUEspeak, that would be a TrackPoint® pointer
thingy..


"Atreju" <someone@who.hates.junkmail> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:34:58 -0700, "HR"
> <HR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Really obvious question but can someone tell me how to turn off the
purple pointer in the middle of the keyboard? I keep knocking it when I'm
typing and it's driving me mad!
> >
>
> If it is a Synaptics device, I'm pretty sure all of their latest
> drivers allow you to disable the pointer.
>
> Go to the Control Panel - Mouse and check out the settings there.
>
> I used to have the exact same problem with one of my older laptops
> that had a pointer-thingy. I HATE those things. :-)
>
>
> ---Atreju---