I was asked a question, and now I'm determined to find a solution. I'm trying to disable a mouse touchpad on an hp2730p without messing up the pointer stick located in the middle of the keyboard or the mouse buttons. The hp driver conflicts with a security program that is installed on the notebook, so it uses the default mouse driver. The best solution I've come up with is electrical tape over the touchpad.
I'd like to write a driver in C++ since that is what I am most familiar with, but I don't know where to start. I'm looking for a book that might be able to help with writing a mouse driver. I've googled, but can't find any solid book as a teaching reference that will specifically teach how to write a driver. If there is a language better to do this in than C++, I can learn it, but I just need a book for reference specifically for writing a driver.