How to disable laptop keyboard when using external

• Working from home has exploded in recent years and many people new to this are not sure what is the best way to set up their home office.
• One concern is their health and posture. Will a separate keyboard while using the laptop help? Yes, it will, and we explain why it is a good idea.
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For some, this might seem like a dumb question to ask, but it has a serious basis — if your laptop already comes with a built-in keyboard, should you use a separate one? We provide our sincere opinion below, right after we show you how to disable the built-in keyboard and use the external one only.

How do I disable laptop keyboard

Turn off automatic driver installation

Uninstall the driver

Reboot your computer and the device driver will not install automatically and the internal keyboard will remain disabled. You can continue using your external keyboard.

Please note that in case your external keyboard uses the same generic device drivers then this will not solve your issue. Uninstalling that driver will disable both of them.

Looking to re-enable the keyboard of your laptop? Open gpedit.msc and follow the same steps only this time make sure you disable the option.

Recently, I have finally bought a wireless keyboard and mouse for my Windows 10 laptops and have been using them for a few days now. The reason why I have bought a separate keyboard for my laptop is because of concerns related to my health. Working for so many hours almost every day in front of my computer is affecting my health because I don’t maintain a healthy posture. And yes, relying on a laptop‘s keyboard to write and work is a big cause for that. Let me explain.

Have a look at the pictures below. As you can see in the first one, your spinal cord is bent mainly because the display is somewhat lower situated than the eyesight, despite the fact that the desktop PC comes with a separate keyboard. Now, the second image illustrates my point much better. By relying on your laptop‘s built-in keyboard to write, your incline your back and keep it like that for hours.

A separate laptop keyboard improves your health

Now, if you would get a separate keyboard, a wireless one, especially, so that you wouldn’t be tied to a cord, first of all, the distance between the screen and your eyes will be reduced. Secondly, you will now be able to try and adopt a correct spinal cord posture, as your hands won’t be as close to the laptop as they were before. It’s just as simple as that.

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Of course, when you are traveling and taking the laptop with you, it might not seem like such a great idea to take an extra keyboard with you, so use the keyboard if you don’t have a desktop PC and your laptop is your main working tool. You will be surprised at how big the effect will be on your health.

Customize your keyboard

And there’s also another major advantage to buying a separate keyboard — you can pick one that really suits your needs. Your built-in laptop keyboard is pretty standard. On the other hand, you can often customize your separate keyboard: you can choose its color (you may purchase a themed keyboard), select a particular key orientation design, and much more.

So, as you can see, a separate keyboard brings at least two important advantages in terms of keeping a healthy posture and choosing your own keyboard design.

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