Posted May 29, 2018 by Slavcho Andov in Windows 10
Over the past decade laptops began to play a very important role in our daily lives. Regardless if we are using them for business or entertainment, they offer something that desktop PCs don’t – mobility. Being a mobile PC means that apart from the keyboard it has a device for controlling the pointer – the touchpad. Invented in the early 90s, the touchpad evolved over the years to the point where it was able to do more than just point and click. Today’s touchpad has so much features that makes certain keyboard shortcuts obsolete.
Microsoft took the functionality of the traditional touchpad and took it a step forward with the Precision Touchpad. It’s a program developed by Microsoft in form of a driver that improved the standard gestures of the touchpad. Since the precision touchpad is not something that every laptop has it can be frustrating if your laptop doesn’t have it, which means that you will not be able to utilize it.
Even if you don’t have it preinstalled with the laptop that you bought you can still install the drivers and use the advantages of Microsoft’s Precision Touchpad. This trick is effective if your touchpad is Elan or Synaptics. So, before you proceed any further you must check this.
Checking touchpad drivers
1.Right click on the start icon
Expand “Mice and other pointing devices” and see if it says Elan or Synaptics. Installing Precision Touchpad. Since Precision Touchpad is developed to work with Windows 10 it means that you should have a better experience. Users are reporting better movement and sensitivity after installing the precision touchpad drivers.
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Synaptics TouchPad Driver is a software program developed by Synaptics. The most common release is 19.0.12.98, with over 17% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC.
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Since Precision Touchpad is developed to work with Windows 10 it means that you should have a better experience. Users are reporting better movement and sensitivity after installing the precision touchpad drivers. Before you begin, make sure to have a mouse at hand in case the installation kills the touchpad and you need to do a restart. Let’s begin.
1.Download the required driver. If you have a Synaptics touchpad download this driver and if you have Elan touchpad download this one. Make sure to unpack the archive an as soon as it’s downloaded
2.Right click on the start icon
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3.Click on “Device Manager”
4.Expand “Mice and other pointing devices”
5.Right click on the touchpad and click on “Update Driver”
6.Click on “Browse my computer for driver software”
7.On the bottom click on “Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer”
8.Click on “Have disk”
9.In the bottom right corner click on “Browse” and navigate to where you extracted the file that you downloaded in step 1
10.Select “Autorun” and click “Open”
11.Once the window closes click on “OK”
12.In a few seconds you will need to select the driver. Select Synaptics or Elan, depending on the type of touchpad that you have on your laptop and click “Next”
13.Windows will warn you that your hardware might not work after installing the driver. Click “Yes”
14.The installation process might take a few minutes, after which Windows will inform you that the driver is installed. Close the window
15.Windows will prompt you to restart your laptop. Click on “Yes”
Once Windows boots up, go to Settings, then Devices and from the left navigation panel go to Touchpad. If the drivers were installed correctly then you will see a lot more options that you can use to customize your touchpad and on the top it will say that you have a precision touchpad.
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
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Q: My touchpad doesn’t work as it should after installing the precision touchpad drivers A: if your touchpad doesn’t work as it should or doesn’t work at all then it means that your touchpad is not compatible with the precision drivers. In order to restore the previous driver, you will need to right click on the start icon and go to Device Manager. Once there expand the Mouse and other pointing devices category, right click on the touchpad and click on Properties. Navigate to the Driver tab and click on Roll Back Driver. The roll back process will take a few minutes to complete after which you will be prompted to restart your computer. As soon as Windows boots up, you will have the driver that was installed before you began the process.
Q: Can this work on Windows 7? A: No, since the precision drivers are developed to work best with Windows 10 the will not work wil older versions of Windows.
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44,805 downloads·Added on: January 21, 2013·Manufacturer: Synaptics
This package includes the Synaptics TouchPad Driver version 16.3.9.0. Once the download is complete, double-click the installation file and follow the instructions provided in order to update your drivers.
About TouchPad Drivers:
Windows operating systems automatically apply a generic driver that allows users to benefit from basic touch functions; however, advanced features will not be available until the proper files are installed. When enabled by required software, the touchpad component is recognized by computers and all developed features are made accessible. Even though touchpoint technology is mostly associated with notebooks or laptops, other systems can also benefit from it with the help of an external wireless or wired TouchPad device. If you wish to update to this version, know that it can enhance overall performance and stability, add different fixes for various touch problems, improve existing gestures, or even include support for new ones. As for the installation procedure, first make sure that all system characteristics are supported and only then save and install the downloadable package. Even if other OSes might be compatible as well, we do not recommend applying any software on platforms other than the specified ones. With this in mind, follow all aforementioned steps and apply the present release. Should you choose not to update right now, check back with our website again to stay up to speed with latest releases.
It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available. Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.
COMPATIBLE WITH:
Windows XP 64 bit Windows Vista 64 bit Windows 7 64 bit