Notebooks & Netbooks

[capella]

My touchpad works fine with whatever driver was installed by the factory, but I'd like to have the software (if any exists) to customize the scroll areas, corner buttons, etc.

I can't even figure out what brand the touchpad is - on the drivers page there are driver downloads for both Synaptics and Elantech for Windows 8.1. But they're just the drivers anyway - I'd like the software for whatever brand is on my laptop.

Thanks for any help.

[laurent_14]

Hello,

You'll find the brand of device in the Device Manager like this:

Open Control Panel --> Device Manager --> Expand mice and others pointing devices ---> You'll see the touch pad. 

[capella]

Thanks for the reply.

I checked and there's no driver listed there for my touchpad (though the touchpad is working).

[laurent_14]

Right click on the touchpad device --> Properties --> Details tab - Hardwares Ids --> Copy and paste the lines contained in Value.

Could you post a screenshot of the device manager?

[capella]

As you can see in the image below, there's just the HID-compliant mouse listed. The info to the right of that is the properties for that device.

It looks like it's a Synaptics touchpad and I downloaded and installed the driver for that, but I can't find the software for the touchpad. On a previousl laptop I had a Synaptics touchpad with software that allowed me to customize the scroll areas, corners, etc. That's what I'm trying to find...

[laurent_14]

You must be signed in to Windows as an administrator?

[capella]

Are you asking me or telling me?

I'm on the only account set up on the computer - yes, it's admin.

[laurent_14]

I know why:

Windows 7-64:

TouchPad

Synaptics

Touchpad Driver

17.0.6.21

121.8 MB

2014/05/15

Download

Windows 8.1-64:

TouchPad

Synaptics

Touchpad Driver

18.1.2.1

564.7 KB

2014/05/15

Download

You haven't the software.

 Download the Windows 7 driver. Unzip it and read the file readme.txt. Perhaps it's compatible.

[IronFly]

LOL

good catch Laurent, probably you can install the Windows 7 and then update just the drivers to windows 8.

would you mind to try this drivers (100% trusted website)?

http://www.station-drivers.com/index.php/outils/func-startdown/930/

they are 18.1.24 Synaptics official drivers and software.

if they worked, please give solution to Laurent_14, since he got the right idea.