Disable tap-to-click on Acer Aspire 4730z

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Published on 2009-08-03T06:21:16Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 5:53 UTC
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Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 4730z(windows vista home premium), and it seems to not have the "touchpad" option in the control panel, and the mouse options don't let me disable tap-to-click.

How would I do this?

thanks.

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