Notebooks & Netbooks

[JackE]

OK, next try Fn + F7 touchpad toggle combo.

Jack E/NJ 

[lipase]

fn+f7 works to toggle

[JackE]

But what you really want is the Fn+F7 toggle to be normally off instead of normally on when you boot. Correct?

Jack E/NJ

[lipase]

well...

I want my pad to work the way that it's supposed to, every time.  I don't want to have to reconfigure the driver / properties / control program every time I restart my computer.  currently anytime I try to change the way that it acts, said changes are lost after restarting the computer.  

I use this laptop for dj'ing on... I need the pad because my usb's are full when I'm at a gig so I can't use a mouse like at home.  

so, ultimately I'm looking for a driver / program that works the way it's supposed to.

[JackE]

OK. This may sound redundant. But have you tried downloading and installing Acer Support's latest 64-bit 8.1 elantech driver?

Jack E/NJ

[lipase]

I downloaded this: 

TouchPad

ELANTECH

Touchpad Driver

10.6.9.9

175.0 MB

2012/03/29

from acer earlier today. didn't help with the issue. If you could point me in the direction of one that actually works, that'd be AWESOME

[JackE]

This one

TouchPad

ELANTECH

Touchpad Driver

11.6.27.201

123.2 MB

2013/10/12

Jack E/NJ

[JackE · Accepted solution]

Make sure you got the Acer drivers directory pointed at the V3-571G for Win8.1 64-bit.

Jack E/NJ

[lipase]

complete user error... I see I had downloaded the win7 driver...

I downloaded the correct driver... now it's showing as enabled, and I retoggled the pad and it works great.

I sincerely appreciate your help.

[JackE]

Ya' done good! Congrats.

Jack E/NJ