Laptop Touchpad

[WinFan]

Hey,

I think this is driver releated. My Dell laptop touch pad is working fine for moving the pointer and clicking but the scroller for webpages etc. that runs vertically down the left of the pad does not function at all. I have had a look around the Device Manager but I cant find the pads entry to update it. Perhaps this is just something that is incompatible with Windows 7...
Does anyone else have this problem?

Cheers,

 

[johngalt]

Did you install the Dell touchpad drivers for Vista?

 

[WinFan]

Vista came preinstalled. So it must of had the drivers preinstalled.

 

[mansrm81]

You should be able to get the drivers from dell's website.

 

[echrada]

Most of the laptop touchpads are Synaptics - if that is what you have you can get the latest drivers here

Drivers | Synaptics

 

[WinFan]

Thanks echrada. That fixed it.

 

[fr4nk6]

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[shakennstirred]

the Synaptics website is terrible at updating its drivers, driver v10 is well out of date
were on v13 now.
here are the latest Synaptics drivers
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15103
there vista x86/64 and xp x86/64 and dated 01/may/2009
they run fine in win7

 

[wilfree]

I have the same problem...but I have a HP dv2726la, I have tried with the drivers of HP, but I can't. Anyone could help me, please...How I can do. The scrollbar of my touchpad does not function...I hope their suggestions...thanks
cheers;

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi wilfree, welcome to the forums.

Have you tried downloading the driver & running the setup.exe in compatability for Vista? This can sometimes help as not all manufacturers/developers have woken up to Windows 7 yet.

Hope it helps




Jeff

 

[Nisha]

Hi all. I'm having the same problem - I can't get the scrollbar working, I've downloaded the drivers as per echrada's post - they added the touchpad to my control panel, but I can't seem to get to anything which gives me an option to activate the scrollpad. I ran the driver in Vista SP2 mode.

Any other advice gratefully received! In case it makes a difference, I have a Dell 1720

Thanks!

 

[septprince]

Hi Nisha..
Welcome to sevenforums....

Well build are you using.....
And if you fill you system specs.. that would be very helpful for us to help you.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi all. I'm having the same problem - I can't get the scrollbar working, I've downloaded the drivers as per echrada's post - they added the touchpad to my control panel, but I can't seem to get to anything which gives me an option to activate the scrollpad. I ran the driver in Vista SP2 mode.

Any other advice gratefully received! In case it makes a difference, I have a Dell 1720

Thanks!

Nisha

Im being dense at this point. what scroll bar? btw dell 1504 w synaptics.

Ken

 

[Nisha]

Sorry Ken, that's me with my bad usage of words. My touchpad has the horizontal and vertical scroller bars which could be used to navigate pages. After moving to 7, they do nothing...

Septprince, thanks for the welcome. I'm updating my specs as best I know (still learning!)

 

[Muad Dib]

Hi all. I'm having the same problem - I can't get the scrollbar working, I've downloaded the drivers as per echrada's post - they added the touchpad to my control panel, but I can't seem to get to anything which gives me an option to activate the scrollpad. I ran the driver in Vista SP2 mode.

Any other advice gratefully received! In case it makes a difference, I have a Dell 1720

Thanks!

Well I just helped a fellow poster out with this:

Unless Dell decides to OFFICIALY support 64 bit on the A860 you will have to try alternatives.

Dell likes to re-use things/designs/spec between models to save costs.

I would try this one first (reported to work on Latutude D830)

Drivers and Downloads

I have not tried it yet on a Latitude I will be upgrading.

I strongly suggest you do an image backup or at least a restore point before the install.


The actual thread is here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/19164-dell-vostro-a860-touchpad-driver.html

He reported back that it worked just fine.... if you have a Dell it might be worth a shot.

 

[zigzag3143]

Well I just helped a fellow poster out with this:

Unless Dell decides to OFFICIALY support 64 bit on the A860 you will have to try alternatives.

Dell likes to re-use things/designs/spec between models to save costs.

I would try this one first (reported to work on Latutude D830)

Drivers and Downloads

I have not tried it yet on a Latitude I will be upgrading.

I strongly suggest you do an image backup or at least a restore point before the install.


The actual thread is here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/19164-dell-vostro-a860-touchpad-driver.html

He reported back that it worked just fine.... if you have a Dell it might be worth a shot.

I didnt see that it was 64 bit in the thread

Sorry Ken, that's me with my bad usage of words. My touchpad has the horizontal and vertical scroller bars which could be used to navigate pages. After moving to 7, they do nothing...

Septprince, thanks for the welcome. I'm updating my specs as best I know (still learning!)

Specs are fine, so is it 32 or 64 bit? My synaptecs have the same scroll bars and with the driver they work.

Ken

 

[Nisha]

32 bit. Am I missing something really obvious here? I installed the driver in Vista SP2 compatibility - is there a setting somewhere I need to change? Or should it come through by itself?

Thanks all for your help.

 

[zigzag3143]

nisha

If you're 32 bit this driver is old but works

Ken

 

[Muad Dib]

I didnt see that it was 64 bit in the thread



Specs are fine, so is it 32 or 64 bit? My synaptecs have the same scroll bars and with the driver they work.

Ken

The OP specs state x64, no?

 

[Tweety]

I have a Dell laptop and my touchpad works fine. It was just your driver.