How do you disable the back button on a lenovo T60?

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There is an awful stupid button on this lenovo T60 i'm using which sends the browser back a page.

I really need to disable it.

I can't find it anywhere in the Keyboard settings in control panel or the special Lenovo setup utility ("Thinkpad configuration"). Thinkpad Config has everything but keyboard. Its got mouse, trackpoint..

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