Disabling the touchpad in OSX version 10.5.6?

Hi All,
Is it possible to completely disable the touchpad in 10.5.6? I want to know if this is possible to do even if I do not have an external mouse connected. With the new trackpad menu they seem to have removed many options. Thanks.

I just had to figure this problem out myself; my trackpad button is stuck in the "clicked" position, and my iPhone's AirMouse app doesn't seem to trigger the "ignore trackpad when mouse is present" setting.
I found this great hack. Go to the Universal Access preference pane. On the "Mouse & Trackpad" tab, enable these two checkboxes:
1. "Press the Option key five times to turn Mouse Keys on or off"
2. "Ignore trackpad when Mouse Keys is on"
Now, if you want to disable the trackpad, just press Option five times. (You can still move the mouse around with the numeric keypad - Fn-2 moves down, Fn-8 moves up, Fn-5 clicks, etc.)
I'm using this successfully right now on a 17" mid-2007 (Santa Rosa) MacBook Pro.

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