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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
William Jockusch
Posted 2013-10-14T15:28:18.780
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Start the Device Manager, e.g., through Control Panel, or by running devmgmt.msc from
+R, orExpand "Human Interface Devices" and disable the touch screen from there:
Be careful to not shutdown your keyboard and/or mouse!
MDT Guy
Posted 2013-10-14T15:28:18.780
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Try these steps
+ Q 
kobaltz
Posted 2013-10-14T15:28:18.780
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-1. The question includes a screenshot of the control panel item you direct us to. As you can see there is no obvious way to disable the finger as input. I see the same as the questioner; on the touch tab shown in the screenshots, where would you "Disable use your finger as an input"?
– dumbledad – 2013-12-23T16:07:01.087I agree with @dumbledad. The page this answer links as a reference also suggests disabling the touch input device in the Device Manager, which has more "helpful" votes than any other answer. – dotVezz – 2013-12-23T16:08:54.687
Apologies kobaltz, I realise that the screen-shot was added four days after the answer! – dumbledad – 2013-12-23T16:32:06.183
I see an option to disable my screen. But will that stop it from displaying anything? That would be bad . . . – William Jockusch – 2014-03-17T18:46:06.343
No, don't disable anything under display adaptor, it should be under human interface device. – MDT Guy – 2014-03-17T19:15:22.877
Yes, under Human Interface Devices, I can disable the screen or not. But it doesn't say anything about touch there. So I don't know if it will disable the screen completely, or just turn off touch. – William Jockusch – 2014-03-17T19:20:23.103