When I was trying to install a bunch of software on my shiny new MSI Wind U100 LXP+ netbook, the trackpad (also called a touchpad) was driving me crazy. If I just brushed the trackpad while typing, it would interpret it as a click and defeat half of what I was trying to do. I stopped installing software (the software I wanted to install at the time) in order to find a driver that would let me control the trackpad better.
An Exhausting Google Search
After I checked the MSI website and found that they used the bundled Windows driver for the trackpad, I knew I would have to find something directly from the manufacturer. The problem was that I couldn't find the manufacturers website!
Okay, so I checked a bunch of forums and tried to download the right driver from some rapid file sharing sites and for the life of me, I couldn't get any of them downloaded. I finally stumbled upon Ori Hanegy's blog where he wrote about disabling "tap to click" on MSI Wind netbooks. He's hosting the driver on that page. After installing it on my netbook, I was finally able to do things without that annoying tap feature interfering with everything I did. Because I'm a nice guy, here's the same file: fsp_8332_all_whql.rar (right click to "save as"). You'll need a utility to unrar it, but a simple Google search will find several to choose from (7-Zip should work).
Previous Experience
I have a dead HP DV-8000 series notebook in my closet. It used the Synaptics touchpad versus the Sentelic touchpad and I never could find a driver to change its tapping features. What I ended up doing was disabling the touchpad in the device manager and using an external wireless mouse. This was fine for me because I never intended to use the notebook for portability and mobility.
Such is not the case with my netbook. I need to be mobile with it, especially when I start traveling again in a couple of years. Using an external USB mouse kind of defeats the mobility part of it because I could easily leave it behind (and I've done things like that before). I would do that as a last resort.
Luckily, I found a driver that works and that annoying tapping feature is history.
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