2 Click/tap on Touchpad on the left side, and check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected on the right side for what you want. 1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon. Once, the update was complete and my computer did a restart and the orange light went off and my touch pad is working fine without the orange light remaning on. Leave Precision Touchpad On or Off when Mouse is Connected in Settings. I saw the option to do an update for my touch pad driver so I actually did an update for my touchpad driver software instead of uninstalling and reinstalling the touchpad driver software and that helped to solve the problem with the orange light remaining on. Thank you for your help and responding to my issue with the orange light on my touch pad. If this helps, please mark this as “Accepted Solution” as it will help several others with the same issue to get it resolved without hassles. To simply say thanks, please click the 'Thumbs Up' button to give me a Kudos to appreciate my efforts to help. Let me know how it goes and you have a good day ahead. Below, you can see the F5 key on an HP Elitebook, which turns the mouse pad off when combined with the Fn key.

If the issue persists, Uninstall the touchpad driver and install it and this should do the trick. I recommend you to double tap on the orange light and check whether it goes off. I reviewed your post and I understand that the orange light on the touchpad is not turning off. It is a great way to engage, post questions and find resolutions by working with specialists in the HP community.

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