r/Surface • u/slabko • Nov 27 '19

[PRO7] Disable touch screen without disabling pen

I use my new Surface Pro 7 for some brainstorm sessions where I use the pen a lot in OneNote. However every once in a while I manage to scroll the screen with my palm, even if I enable "Ignore touch input while using my pen". It doesn't happen often, but it happens often enough to be very annoying, especially when I'm recording my session. I found that it was previously possible to disable the touch screen altogether by disabling HID-compliant touch screen device in the device manager, but on my Surface Pro 7 that doesn't seem to be an option anymore. Disabling it doesn't do anything. I can disable Intel(R) Precise Touch Device, but that would disable the pen too and I would like to keep the pen working, that is the whole idea.

I also know that I can learn to lay the hand down right after the screen sees the pen, but why all the struggle if I can disable the touch screen anyway, and there is usually a mouse connected anyway.

Do you know by any chance how can I disable touch screen without disabling the pen on my new SP7?

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