I can't see any mention of Synaptics in Device Manger except under 'Human Interface Devices' where there is a 'Synaptics HID Device' entry. I have downloaded and installed the Synaptics driver from the Acer support page and it says it installs successfully but there is no Synaptics-branded gesture support type page I can find in Control Panel, it's just Windows generic touchpad page. If I enable the 'Show hidden devices' checkbox then an additional 'PS/2 Compatible Mouse' appears as greyed out. In Device Manager nothing appears under 'Mice and other pointing devices' apart from 'HID-compliant mouse'. The touchpad does actually function initially but it intermittently freezes and stops responding. To update the driver, search for the driver on the device manufacturers. Thanks for the link to the guide, free103486. Firstly, download and install drivers and recovery tool on your PC.
#Install touchpad driver windows 10 how to
And how to install the inf file, please check this post for the guide.
And launch Device Manager > Left-click on ELAN touchpad > Update Driver > Search Automatically You can refer to this post for more information. BIOS updates to 1.16 (was unable to apply the 'Synaptics touchpad performance improvements' reflash 1.17 as it says it can't find a Synaptics driver to update or something) Do the Windows Update to the latest version. I've installed as many drivers as I could in the following order: Please enter your product details to view the latest driver information for your system. This package enhances the security of the driver. Restart the system after installing mouse drivers.
Touchpad drivers help the touchpad of your system to communicate with the firmware of the system. If no updates are found, click Search for updated drivers on Windows Updates. This is my 2nd clean install attempt and no joy. This package contains the Dell touchpad driver. Hi, I've been banging my head against a wall trying to get the touchpad on my Acer Aspire to work after a clean install of Windows 10.