Question: I own a Dell Inspiron N5050 Notebook running Windows 7 Home Premium. I am trying to permanently disable the touchpad. I installed the appropriate driver in order to manage my touchpad preferences, and successfully disabled it - but once the machine was rebooted, the touchpad was on again. I really don't care if I will need to keep disabling it each time I boot up, but does anyone know of a way to permanently disable it?

Answer: 
`![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T0oPO.png) (Win)`+`X` opens the "Windows Mobility Center". 
On my Dell Inspiron (running Windows 7), it looks like this:

![Windows Mobility Center](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g1gyR.png)

I disabled my touchpad there, and it has stayed disabled through many reboots.
For a simple, ugly, non-technical option, you could just cover the touchpad with tape.