How do you disable the touch screen (Broken and handicapping normal mouse use)

Hi, I have an ideacentre B540. My two year old daughter did something to my computer when I wasn't in the room and ended up busting it right on the top left corner. There is only one hairline crack that was visable in the upper left corner. I've found a replacement LCD screen, but cannot afford it right now, so... Meanwhile, I would like to just disable the touch portion of my computer, because often, it will think it is active (probably damaged the sensor in the fall :-P and take the power away from my  mouse, open random windows, and generally... Make an otherwise normal PC unuseable. Is there ANYTHING that I can do to disable the touch pad? Even a list of the touch specific processes that I can immediately delete upon startup would be great, because it seems to give me a few minutes before it decides to start acting up. Thanks!

hi SharaLynn,
Sorry to hear about your trouble.
Can you try these methods to disable the touchscreen:
For Windows 7:
1. Click on Start > type Pen and Touch and run the app
2. On the Pen and Touch window,  click on the Touch Tab and uncheck Use your finger as an input Device and hit apply the settings (Source: Disable touchscreen on Windows 7)
For Windows 8:
Check this website for screenies
Let me know your findings.
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