Mikey, I think I fixed my problem. I found the solution in the Control panel by clicking on the "Disable" button for the touchpad as well as unchecking "hide pointer while typing" for the mouse. You pointed me in the right direction to enabled me to find the solution. Thanks, again.
I'd be more than happy to post the instructions for each if you like.
I'm glad you were able to fix it! Yes, posting instructions on your fix may help someone else in the future with the same issue.
I was abled to disable the touchpad......"abled to disable"
However, when you shut down the labtop, it automatically reverses back to "enable"???? I did make changes again this morning that involves another setting. If this new setting keeps it disabled after shutting down, I will include the additional info but if it doesn't I'll post the current instructions even though it doesn't maintain the disable feature.