Super User Asked by Maxmansung on November 7, 2021
In January Windows 10 updated and reactivated my MSI laptop’s touchpad. Since then I have been unable to disable it. Here are the things I have tried:
Windows>Touchpad settings>Disable
This no longer exists on Windows 10. There is no option to disable it – you can only change the sensitivities.
Downloading a 3rd party control panel
"Synaptics control panel" will not download through the Windows play store – instead it just states "Error". I have also tried to download control panels from 3rd party websites but these either no longer exist or no longer work when I try to get them.
Uninstalling the driver
By going into the "Device Manager" I can see the driver (Synaptics SMBus Touchpad) and can view its properties. Through this I cannot disable the device (the button is blanked out) but I can uninstall it. This used to be successful for about 24hrs until Windows realized and reinstalled the driver. Now it re-installs the driver the instant the computer restarts (and won’t disable the touchpad without restarting, so I cant win). I have also clicked the "Delete driver software for this device" button when uninstalling it but it makes no difference.
I’m at the point where I’m going to manually disconnect the touchpad from the motherboard to remove of its use, it interrupts my coding and is extremely frustrating…
I ended up doing exactly what you didn't want to resort to. Ripped the ribbon straight off the motherboard, no regrets, perfect brutal solution imho. MSI's drivers are honestly shamefully bad.
None of the other solutions on here worked.
Answered by Borgeth on November 7, 2021
https://www.intowindows.com/enable-precision-touchpad-in-any-windows-10-laptop/
Just done this after beating myself up for WEEKKKKS!!!
Absolutely works on my HP 255 G6 Notebook
It really was doing my head in!
Follow the instructions - very straightforward. Read all the way through rather than jumping the gun like I did. They give you the order of what to do. I can't thank whoever published enough. Would have been better had it not been necessary but at least we now have a solution. Stu
Answered by Stu Haynes on November 7, 2021
Hello i had the exact same problem. For anyone coming across this post like me, I got rid of the touchpad by changing the driver to the ELO TouchSystems USB Touchscreen. You can do it in device manager. Open up properties of the synapsis driver, hit the update driver button, choose the driver location from the computer, uncheck the box saying u want only compatible drivers and pick the non compatible Elo driver.
Answered by Katalyst on November 7, 2021
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