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[Q] Dell XT2 Touch Click Through issue on Windows 8 [Solve mostly]

Hello-
I have the Windows 8 Preview installed on a Dell XT2. Everything about the touch screen works except I can not actually select or execute anything with my finger. I can scroll, pan and pinch to zoom and I can select and execute with my pen. Additionally, when I touch a tile it reacts as if it is about to execute, it just doesn't.
Things I have tried:
-Install latest N-Trig package (dpinst.exe from the installer package) using win 7 and win vista compatibility modes.
-Removed all drivers and performed screen firmware rollback using the tool from N-trig. This caused the screen to become completely inoperative.
I understand this is a Developer preview but I am intrigued to get it working.
My partial solution-
I downloaded the XP drivers from the n-trig support site. I extracted the files from the install and reran the DPINST.exe but that didn't work. I then uninstalled the existing drivers from Windows 8 and then reinstalled the exe right from N-Trig. I ran it in XP compatibility mode and it forced a reboot and then reran the install upon boot up. Interesting that I now have multi-touch in Windows 8 but I no longer have multi-touch in Windows 7 (I am dual booting). I am okay with that since I only use the pen in Windows 8 so I just shut touch off in the pen and touch settings. The pen works great in Windows 7 and both the pen and touch work great in Windows 8.
Thanks for the input on this issue.

brunowg said:
Hello-
I have the Windows 8 Preview installed on a Dell XT2. Everything about the touch screen works except I can not actually select or execute anything with my finger. I can scroll, pan and pinch to zoom and I can select and execute with my pen. Additionally, when I touch a tile it reacts as if it is about to execute, it just doesn't.
Things I have tried:
-Install latest N-Trig package (dpinst.exe from the installer package) using win 7 and win vista compatibility modes.
-Removed all drivers and performed screen firmware rollback using the tool from N-trig. This caused the screen to become completely inoperative.
I understand this is a Developer preview but I am intrigued to get it working.
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double tap to select text
tap on what you select to copy and edit anything...
some tiles don't work but things like ie, social and metro do work
as does weather, 5 and a few games
I have a dell xt2 and save from apps, everything works
Also chrome sucks for finger input, stick with IE

I'm in the same boat with this issue. Will let you know if I fix it though...

Touchsmart TX2Z
Hi all
Same result on HP Touchsmart TX2Z. Must be N-Trig drivers in Win 8.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking

Interestingly, the extract/DPINST method worked for me (on XT2). This morning it was working perfectly with multitouch and pen (although pen was overly sensitive).
Sadly, this evening I booted back into Win7 for the first time since installing Win8 and now touch in Win8 seems to be completely broken (even after a cold boot). It still works fine in Win7, so doesn't seem to be a hardware issue. Ah well, was nice while it lasted!
UPDATE: I disabled the "Duosense Secondary Interface" driver and reset the primary MultiTouch driver and hey presto, back in business. The multitouch is almost as smooth as a dedicated tablet (do have the odd touch recognition issue at the corners of the screen though) and I'm loving the interface actually - there's even a "Share" function like Android's when you swipe in from the right of the screen!
As long as Metro is made optional for all the traditionalists and poor saps with no touchscreen, Win8 is going to be the most popular MS product ever I reckon.

Official Driver now available
Hi all
Go here:
http://www.ntrig.com/Content.aspx?Page=Downloads_Drivers
Cheers
andrew-in-woking

Elan trackpad drivers

Aside from waiting for official drivers, does anybody know a way to turn off "tap-to-click?" I have an Acer Aspire One, and W8 runs great, but tap-to-click is a pain. I have installed official W7 drivers, and everything works great, except when I try to change tap-to-click in the mouse options I get an error.
"Windows Shell Common Dll has stopped working."
Any ideas?

On X-drivers you can find the driver release: elan 10.6.9.9 which is fully compatible. Or first hit in google when querying "elan 10.6.9.9"

glennexpert said:
On X-drivers you can find the driver release: elan 10.6.9.9 which is fully compatible. Or first hit in google when querying "elan 10.6.9.9"
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Did this work for anyone? I've tried this and still have the same issue as the OP.

Make sure you have the proper driver active in device manager. Manually remove the ps2 embedded driver. It is working on both my laptops and a friends one.
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glennexpert said:
Make sure you have the proper driver active in device manager. Manually remove the ps2 embedded driver. It is working on both my laptops and a friends one.
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Odd the only driver I have under my Mouse is "ELAN PS/2 Port Input Device", but still when I try and load the settings to enable two finger tap right clicking it get the command shell error - this is legit version of win 8 and the 10.6.9.9

Just checked something. On my aspire one , when I click the taskbar icon it goes directley to the touchpad config and no windows device dialog is opened. I will post some screens of my config later this evening.
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glennexpert said:
Just checked something. On my aspire one , when I click the taskbar icon it goes directley to the touchpad config and no windows device dialog is opened. I will post some screens of my config later this evening.
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Alright thank you! :good:

Also give us the exe/zip with your drivers please

I found a working touchpad driver for ElanTech touchpads. Just double click the system tray icon to go into the settings.
Go to the Asus support site and select a recent notebook like the S46CM with Windows 7 x64 (http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=3&s=435&m=S46CM&os=&hashedid=vxr7O9ZbnWI09JJm)

SamuelDebruyn said:
I found a working touchpad driver for ElanTech touchpads. Just double click the system tray icon to go into the settings.
Go to the Asus support site and select a recent notebook like the S46CM with Windows 7 x64 (http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=3&s=435&m=S46CM&os=&hashedid=vxr7O9ZbnWI09JJm)
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Thank you!! It works =)!
Although there are no multi-finger options to change :X, but its a step in the right direction ha!
If you'd like try these drivers http://www.station-drivers.com/page/elantech.htm - Seems someone else is having luck with these, but for me this shows absolutely no options for anything.

Driver pack + screenshot in att.
http://www.multiupload.be/D2YC7UTWHL

No Gestures
The first touchpad driver gave me a blank window and the second didn't respond.
Microsoft is gunna have a hard time with touch pads :-/

johnlicoski1204 said:
The first touchpad driver gave me a blank window and the second didn't respond.
Microsoft is gunna have a hard time with touch pads :-/
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Like I already said, use the trayicon to open the config screen. Don't go through the drive settings.

glennexpert said:
Like I already said, use the trayicon to open the config screen. Don't go through the drive settings.
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Going through the trackpad icon just leads to the main mouse control panel, no matter if I left or right click on it. Tried with the driver you just posted, stock Asus drivers, and stock Samsung ELAN drivers. All do the same thing and crash with the "common dll has stopped working" error.

Anyone know if there are any new drivers that have been released? Since we are nearing the official launch - in just a few days.
( I had given up searching for a fully functional drivers and decided to wait until the actual release )

Asus X53(Sv) / K53(Sv) touchpad drivers for Windows 8 (EDTWare ElanTech Smart Pad)

Hi
I'm a Dreamspark Premium member so I can already upgrade to Windows 8 for free. I installed it earlier this week and I love it. My Asus X53Sv works fine on Windows 8 except for two things:
1. The function keys
They actually work. But it could be better. Windows 8 shows a nice little popup when you press the volume keys on a keyboard. It works when I connect my Logitech USB keyboard but the popup doesn't show up when I use the volume keys (with Fn) on my notebook. In the metro interface I don't see anything and in the desktop interface I see the same popup as in Windows 7. It would be nice if it just worked with the default Windows 8 interface and popup.
2. The touchpad
EDIT: found a working driver, not needed anymore
I found a working touchpad driver for ElanTech touchpads. Just double click the system tray icon to go into the settings.
Go to the Asus support site and select a recent notebook like the S46CM with Windows 7 x64 (http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=3&s=435&m=S46CM&os=&hashedid=vxr7O9ZbnWI09JJm)
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Any help on newer drivers / configuration utilities for the ATK function keys or the EDTware ElanTech Smart-Pad?
Thanks in advance.

Check some of my latest posts. Solution provided for elan.
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glennexpert said:
Check some of my latest posts. Solution provided for elan.
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Ok, so I first tried the latest ElanTech driver. Still the same problem: the configuration utility crashes.
Then I tried the latest Synaptics driver: it doesn't really detect my touchpad so it doesn't let me configure it. It says there is a touchpad, but it's not a synaptics one.

Ok I have an ASUS N53SN and I have gotten the drivers working (charm bar swipe etc...)
But when I press a key on my keyboard I have this 1-2 seconds delay, which is hell'a annoying, and I figured out I need to remove
palm tracking for it to get fixed. But when I open my ELAN settings they look like this: http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8780/elan.png
How do I fix that?

To get the volume OSD working in Windows 8, you have to install the Keyboard Filter driver and the ATK package from the ASUS website.

Windows 8 left edge swipe gesture does not work. (FIXED)

I downloaded the latest synaptics drivers 16.2.16.2 and a lot of things work right edge swipe, top edge swipe but not left edge swipe. Every version of synaptics I tried didn't work with left edge. Anyone know why?
The problem has been fixed by this guy "smjameel93" There a registry file that needs editing here is the download you just import this to your registry after removing .txt at the end of file.
http://www.mediafire.com/?7cjl113z9v2y5cx
When you see him click his thanks button!

You're very lucky to have Synaptics. My ALPS trackpad doesn't even have a Windows 8 driver now or later. I'm forced to install the Windows 7 ones. Anyways, what is the brand of your PC? I suggest you downloading Sony's drivers. http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/520553/product/vpcsa36gg

You can install Synaptics drivers for other touchpads. I tried it on a different computer, it worked. But it has Windows 7.

ryan25012003 said:
You're very lucky to have Synaptics. My ALPS trackpad doesn't even have a Windows 8 driver now or later. I'm forced to install the Windows 7 ones. Anyways, what is the brand of your PC? I suggest you downloading Sony's drivers. http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/520553/product/vpcsa36gg
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tried them is said only works for sony viao computers.
My laptop is HP

I don't think the driver is out yet. I have an HP Probook 4530s with a Synaptics touchpad. Searching online I find a section on Synaptics website detailing the Windows 8 Gesture Suite but there are no download links or user reports anywhere. Therefore I think we just have to wait a little longer for the drivers to come out.
see http://www.synaptics.com/solutions/touch-solutions/sgs and http://blog.synaptics.com/?p=85
Hopefully it'll be along soon.

16.2.16.2 is exactly the one I had tried as well. There is nothing newer. You'll get right swipe and that's just about it until they release the new drivers.
I've also tried probably 10 different versions of drivers, including a beta Lenovo Win8 Synaptics ultranav driver. Didnt work.

Ndaoud360 said:
I downloaded the latest synaptics drivers 16.2.16.2 and a lot of things work right edge swipe, top edge swipe but not left edge swipe. Every version of synaptics I tried didn't work with left edge. Anyone know why?
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DavidC1980 said:
I don't think the driver is out yet. I have an HP Probook 4530s with a Synaptics touchpad. Searching online I find a section on Synaptics website detailing the Windows 8 Gesture Suite but there are no download links or user reports anywhere. Therefore I think we just have to wait a little longer for the drivers to come out.
see http://www.synaptics.com/solutions/touch-solutions/sgs and http://blog.synaptics.com/?p=85
Hopefully it'll be along soon.
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16.2.16.2 seems to be the very last one. But actually the left edge works on my Envy14, however it doesn't on my Vaio VPC Z1. i suppose it's because the Envy has one of those big touchpad whereas the Z1 Touchpad is still the small one. Anyway even with 16.2.10 12 driver that came in august, the left swipe still works on the Envy

mnm372 said:
16.2.16.2 seems to be the very last one. But actually the left edge works on my Envy14, however it doesn't on my Vaio VPC Z1. i suppose it's because the Envy has one of those big touchpad whereas the Z1 Touchpad is still the small one. Anyway even with 16.2.10 12 driver that came in august, the left swipe still works on the Envy
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When I try and install the 16.2.16.2 drivers on my hp Pavilion dv6, it says Could not find the os specific setup program. Any ideas or is it incompatible?

Try the one for the HP Pavilion G6-1c43nr. It works with that one
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So left swipe not working is because of the touchpad area size?

The latest one available from the Synaptics site works. Left swipe, right swipe, top swipe, etc.
http://www.synaptics.com/resources/drivers
Windows 8/7/XP/Vista 64/32-bit Edition v16.2.21 All Languages 111.5 MB zip

Hi!
For me the latest drivers doesn't give me the ability to use the swipe left gesture. But top and right ones work perfectly.
I have a Dell Studio 1747. Do you have any idea if there is a way to make it work?
Thanks!

FBK said:
Hi!
For me the latest drivers doesn't give me the ability to use the swipe left gesture. But top and right ones work perfectly.
I have a Dell Studio 1747. Do you have any idea if there is a way to make it work?
Thanks!
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Some people are saying it has to do with the larger area touchpads --> newer laptops seems to have a bigger touchpad, perhaps the option is cut off because of the smaller pads?

komugi said:
Some people are saying it has to do with the larger area touchpads --> newer laptops seems to have a bigger touchpad, perhaps the option is cut off because of the smaller pads?
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My thinkpad has a pretty small trackpad but it works fine.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk 2

Mine isn't big. It is around 10 cm wide. But I don't think it can be considered as small, so I don't understand. Maybe a solution or a workaround could be find.

Mine to does not work with latest 16.2.21 I think. Maybe a reg edit would fix?

can someone give me the 16.2.21 zip? i can't download it from synaptics site, cannot connect to the site

Try this link
http://fichiers.touslesdrivers.com/...Vista32_Win7-32_XP64_Vista64_Win7-64_Win8.zip

The problem has been fixed by this guy "smjameel93" There a registry file that needs editing here is the download you just import this to your registry after removing .txt at the end of file.
http://www.mediafire.com/?7cjl113z9v2y5cx

Now it works perfectly ! Thanks for the fix !

[Q] Will Windows 7 driver and ccc will work on windows 8?

I am using ati mobility radeon 5650 on a vaio VPCEB46FG and running windows 7 home premium.
When i checked with the Official Windows 8 upgrade tool from microsoft it said that ccc have to be reinstalled, but it showed that device is compatible. The problem is i cannot use the drivers provided by the AMD bcoz of switchable graphics, have to rely on sony for that driver for windows8 compatibility, and they are not releasing the drivers.
So will the drivers for windows 7 and catalyst control center work on windows 8.

gowthamachandran said:
I am using ati mobility radeon 5650 on a vaio VPCEB46FG and running windows 7 home premium.
When i checked with the Official Windows 8 upgrade tool from microsoft it said that ccc have to be reinstalled, but it showed that device is compatible. The problem is i cannot use the drivers provided by the AMD bcoz of switchable graphics, have to rely on sony for that driver for windows8 compatibility, and they are not releasing the drivers.
So will the drivers for windows 7 and catalyst control center work on windows 8.
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I had problems with that on the CP and RP, id might be possible to force the AMD drivers to accept your graphics card as one of their own.
I don't have time just not to go through it all but basically if you look at the amd drivers, you will see an INF file with a list of supported devices and their device IDs, essentially you will replace the device ID of a similar card with your device ID, uninstall the drivers you have, and when you install the AMD ones it should think your device is now supported....
In Theory :laugh:

dazza9075 said:
I had problems with that on the CP and RP, id might be possible to force the AMD drivers to accept your graphics card as one of their own.
I don't have time just not to go through it all but basically if you look at the amd drivers, you will see an INF file with a list of supported devices and their device IDs, essentially you will replace the device ID of a similar card with your device ID, uninstall the drivers you have, and when you install the AMD ones it should think your device is now supported....
In Theory :laugh:
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I would love to hear more about this method. My laptop too has the AMD switchable graphics & for the moment am stuck on the Intel HD graphics as the AMD drivers are not installing.

sidthegreatest said:
I would love to hear more about this method. My laptop too has the AMD switchable graphics & for the moment am stuck on the Intel HD graphics as the AMD drivers are not installing.
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ok, we know it is a AMD/ATI chipset, do you know what its based on?
Download the latest AMD drivers for win 8
When you run it, it will copy all the guff it needs to a folder, for example
C:\AMD\AMD_Catalyst_12.9_Beta\Packages\Drivers\Display
you should have two folders
W8_INF
W86A_INF
one is 32bit one is 64bit
lets take the 32bit one, the same applies to 64 anyway
you will see 3 INF files, these are for different versions of windows, id change all three but you should be able to get away with changing
CE146933.INF which is Win 8 version
this file is EPIC in size, the first bit you are looking for looks like this
(This is an example, until I know which card you have I cant be sure which to use)
"%AMD68B8.1%" = ati2mtag_Evergreen, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68B8&SUBSYS_30001002
Note the bold black on the left and the bold red on the right, the red one is a unique ID code for a piece of hardware, the bold black code is a number that is tied to that hardware ID and assigns it a Name, the Green is the important bit and tells it what it install. In short, if that hardware ID was detected it would load the driver settings for the device "AMD68B8.1" using settings ati2mtag_Evergreen
if you look at the very bottom of the INF you can see a list of what those codes mean, in this example it translates to
AMD68B8.1 = "AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series"
What is happening at the moment is that the driver is loading, and not detecting the hardware ID, because its not listed it fails to install
what we want to do is to fool the driver in to thinking that your hardware ID IS in the driver.
in theory its simple, in practice there can be a number of things that stop it working, like getting CCC working may be an issue but there you have it, that's the basics of what you can try, it may not work though so don't hold your breath

I had to jump through a crazy number of hoops to get AMD's drivers working on my notebook's 5650 with switchable graphics - and it's unfortunately all because AMD insist on running pre-installation checks. The drivers work, but they don't let you use them.
It eventually worked when updated my notebook from 7 to the RP, and chose to keep drivers installed during the process. I then reinstalled CCC, as the update wiped it out. My driver version is 8.692.1.0, and is dated 22/01/2010.
Switchable graphics works, but I can't right click on the desktop to open the program. I need to run CCC, and then navigate to switchable graphics.
I highly recommend this approach of using switchable graphics - if it works for you. AMD drivers for this are an unmitigated disaster, and any attempts to get a better situation may leave you worse off. Expect lots and lots of 'Install was successful' messages - even though nothing was actually done at all.
If your Windows 7 GPU drivers are working in Windows 8, you'll see the following in Device Manager:
-When GPU is disabled, "Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator HD" appears in Device Manager.
-When using the GPU, "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650" and the above Intel graphics appear under Device Manager.
Remember that your Intel drivers must be working too - they're part of the switchable graphics. If you see 'engineering sample' or anything next to the driver name, then something is probably wrong.
Anyway, this is just confirming that W7 drivers do work perfectly, if you bypass the OS version check.
If you manage to get W8 drivers to have switchable graphics, that's excellent.
I'll be happily updating my notebook to the full W8 release in about 2 weeks. I am expecting great pain.

The CCC I used was the CCC pro off of their website. I ran all the apps in w7 compatibility mode. Took about 1-2 days. I'm running a never released ati 4600 series so I designed my drivers.... it was very fun
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same probleme here with my sony vaio e series vpcea36ff
cant find the driver of my graphique card 5650 hd

sahhar1993 said:
same probleme here with my sony vaio e series vpcea36ff
cant find the driver of my graphique card 5650 hd
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I also couldnt update my drivers when switched from Win 7 ultimate to Win 8 pro.
SOLUTION :- go to device manager and right click the desired device to click " update drivers" and it will automatically search interne tfor the drivers and everything will work fine !!
I tried this method after installing all the available updates from the microsoft through windows update service !!
Running DELL Vostro 1550

aayush_neov said:
I also couldnt update my drivers when switched from Win 7 ultimate to Win 8 pro.
SOLUTION :- go to device manager and right click the desired device to click " update drivers" and it will automatically search interne tfor the drivers and everything will work fine !!
I tried this method after installing all the available updates from the microsoft through windows update service !!
Running DELL Vostro 1550
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are you using ATI MOBILITY RADEON graphics 5650 card?
I think your solution will work, bcoz windows is saying that graphics card is compatible with windows 8, but only thing it says is ccc has to be reinstalled..
I ve not bought windows 8 for now. So those who use the vaio VPCE series please try windows update or install the drivers from sony and report back..