I upgraded to Win 8.1 and now have problems with the trackpad. In Excel, it wont scroll if the cursor is on the document; Is there a driver that works
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I had the same problem. If you still have the Acer provided softwares, launch Acer recovery management - restore - reinstall drivers. Find touchpad and reinstall the touchpad driver. Simple. If you have uninstalled Acer softwares, you have to manually download and install the driver which is also not too difficult to do. Start with googling the model name. You will probably have to go to Acer's support site and download the driver and install it. After a restart it should work as before.
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I agree! I have started using the tap feature of the touchpad (two fingers for right click). I works OK for most things once you get used to it but for quick response in a game, I have to connect an external mouse (trackball in my case).
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I use the touchpad only and have not had problems with it. Sometimes the cursor jumps when I am typing, but I have had this occasionally with other computers. Hope this is helpful.
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Nope sorry. And you really need a mouse I've found. The touch pad really doesn't cut it with windows 8.
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I have a similar Logitech trackball (# 810-000767) and it works just fine on my Win 8.1 laptop. Also, Microsoft released a patch a few weeks ago that suppose to make a regular mouse and keyboard work better on Win 8. My Logitech worked just fine before and after the patch.
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i do not use a mousepad. It is right on the desk surface. I use Microsoft Office Word 2007 with no problem.
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Thanks DSY! My plan is to use an external mouse. I've never been able to get use to any notebook pointer device except ThinkPad's little red pointer. Appreciate the response.Anyone else want to comment?
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I wouldn't recommend anything as a replacement mouse. I grew up on desktops, and I have had a very unpleasing experience with trackpads when it comes to navigation. Even if you are just doing things like facebook, I would recommend getting a mouse.
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.. and it's shipping now!BTW, the touchpad is a Synaptics and you can go up on their website, download the generic XP driver and end up with a touchpad which has both a scrolling feature and a tap-to-click feature.Got mine earlier from a different vendor and enhoying it quite a bit.
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The scroll did stop working. i gave up on it , and purchased a logitech rechargeable touch pad.Now im happy again lol
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I have Windows 8.1 and the mouse works but not the keyboard. I found a few other people with the same problem. I am not sure if i should refund or replace because its broke for me errr....
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Weird, I have been diggin the touchpad actually. Seems very intuitive to me and I have not yet used a mouse.I think your question is ultimately rhetorical though - if you only use a mouse the performance of the touchpad is irrelevant.
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Not sure as I have still been leaving this trackpad tied to the USB port on my Mac. Sorry.
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The tapping function equivalent to the click of a mouse needs a hard surface to work. I just tried it with the trackpad on a hard surface and a pillow. It did not work when on the pillow.
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I always use a mouse. The trackpad is active and it is not a bother. To answer your question, I don't know. I found the Acer tech support to be pretty good.
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It's not perceived as a touch device by windows (yep, no win 7 touch features) or Mac OS so you are limited to the wacom driver which acts as a interpreter for the gestures and then sends, not touch inputs but keystrokes that trigger the proper action in a given program yet you can't program your own gestures nor program what each gesture does so you are dependent on wacom to support the programs you need. And the MacBooks trackpad if I not mistaken detects up to 3 fingers gestures while the bamboo only 2.
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You and I are looking for the same touchpad!!! I don't believe anyone is making the multi-touch point pad we want yet (at least not at an affordable price); this one is a two points of touch pad, so you can do limited gesturing only; I do use it with Windows 8 on a desktop that I dual boot with Windows 7. It's a nice change for my right hand since I use a normal mouse with scroll wheel at work.