touchscreenwindows 8
My computer comes with a touch screen. I may want that someday, but right now I don't. Is there a way to disable it? I am running Windows 8.1. Thanks!
EDIT: When I go to Pen and touch via control panel, this is what I see. There is nothing about using my fingers as input
My best suggestion to accomplish what you are looking for would be to turn on what is called "tablet mode".
In windows 10 you can do this by pushing the hotkeys (Windows + A) to open the action center. Towards the bottom, one of the buttons is literally labeled "tablet mode". Click that and you should have the touch interface you are looking for. If it is greyed out that is due to having an "extended monitor" and that would have to be changed to get the button enabled.
In windows 8 you can do this by: Clicking the Start button, Open the Settings application, Click on "System", In the pane on the left of the screen scroll all the way to the bottom until you see "Tablet Mode", Toggle this to on.
With a newer firmware, the calibration is started from the integrated web configuration facility, which can be reached with the HP Utility on OS X, via the "Open embedded web server" button.
From there, navigating to System -> Service, there is a "Start calibration" button. Pressing this gave me the touch screen calibration screen on the printer and it actually worked this time.
Best Answer
Start the Device Manager, e.g., through Control Panel, or by running
devmgmt.mscfromExpand "Human Interface Devices" and disable the touch screen from there:
Be careful to not shutdown your keyboard and/or mouse!