http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Acer-Aspire-R7-Touchpad-not-working/m-p/175723#M39216 <P>I just received my Acer Aspire R7 and really like this machine but the touchpad does not seem to be working.&nbsp; I tried the "Fn" / F7 combination and every time I use that combo, there's a little popup on the screen which would seem to indicate that it's being turned on and off, but it still has no effect on the actual touchpad functionality.&nbsp; When I go to the control panel and select the mouse icon, I get a popup error message indicating "Unable to connect to the Synaptics Pointing Device Driver.&nbsp; When i pull up the mouse properties window and select the hardware tab, nothing is listed.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for any help you can offer.</P> Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:56:49 GMT tkainz 2013-12-17T22:56:49Z http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Acer-Aspire-R7-Touchpad-not-working/m-p/175723#M39216 <P>I just received my Acer Aspire R7 and really like this machine but the touchpad does not seem to be working.&nbsp; I tried the "Fn" / F7 combination and every time I use that combo, there's a little popup on the screen which would seem to indicate that it's being turned on and off, but it still has no effect on the actual touchpad functionality.&nbsp; When I go to the control panel and select the mouse icon, I get a popup error message indicating "Unable to connect to the Synaptics Pointing Device Driver.&nbsp; When i pull up the mouse properties window and select the hardware tab, nothing is listed.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for any help you can offer.</P> Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:56:49 GMT http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Acer-Aspire-R7-Touchpad-not-working/m-p/175723#M39216 tkainz 2013-12-17T22:56:49Z http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Acer-Aspire-R7-Touchpad-not-working/m-p/181021#M39217 <P>We would suggest contacting technical support in your region for further assistance with this issue.<BR /><A href="http://www.acer.com/worldwide/support/service.htm" target="_blank">Acer Service and Support</A></P> Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:07:39 GMT http://community.acer.com/t5/2013-Archives/Acer-Aspire-R7-Touchpad-not-working/m-p/181021#M39217 Acer-Tommy 2013-12-27T15:07:39Z