Activating Gestures on old laptops - Windows 8 General

I have a Dell Inspiron 1121/11z and Dell hasn't updated their drivers since May. What are the alternatives to override the PS/2 Synaptic Touch pad to activate gestures until Dell, if they ever do, update the drivers (never buying Dell again buying a ASUS next time!). Is there a program? I tried Scribe and it doesn't work.
I have Windows 8 Pro fully activated.
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jjshinobi said:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1121/11z and Dell hasn't updated their drivers since May. What are the alternatives to override the PS/2 Synaptic Touch pad to activate gestures until Dell, if they ever do, update the drivers (never buying Dell again buying a ASUS next time!). Is there a program? I tried Scribe and it doesn't work.
I have Windows 8 Pro fully activated.
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download the synaptics driver from here, version 16.2.16.2 (N-C). I don't know what N-C means but I'm like you, using a 4 year old fujitsu laptop which definitely has no further support from Fujitsu. It works though. Swiping from left, top and right borders. Alternatively, you can check back to synaptics official website every now and then to get the latest drivers. I just checked though and the most recent one was optimized for windows 7. They should be coming out with something for windows 8 soon, hopefully.

kay_kiat88 said:
download the synaptics driver from here, version 16.2.16.2 (N-C). I don't know what N-C means but I'm like you, using a 4 year old fujitsu laptop which definitely has no further support from Fujitsu. It works though. Swiping from left, top and right borders. Alternatively, you can check back to synaptics official website every now and then to get the latest drivers. I just checked though and the most recent one was optimized for windows 7. They should be coming out with something for windows 8 soon, hopefully.
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I installed it and at first it said there was an error and I had to click yes to uninstall it. Uninstalled it. After running it again after the restart I got the same error (see picture below).
I ran it with administrator rights. Same thing. I guess I have to wait for the Windows 8 version or did I do something wrong? How do I enable gestures after running this?
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jjshinobi said:
I installed it and at first it said there was an error and I had to click yes to uninstall it. Uninstalled it. After running it again after the restart I got the same error (see picture below).
I ran it with administrator rights. Same thing. I guess I have to wait for the Windows 8 version or did I do something wrong? How do I enable gestures after running this?
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hmm i didn't get any error. don't need to run it with admin rights. if u still get the same error, just uninstall it first then go to synaptics official website to download and install the universal drivers for windows 7. after that restart and try installing the 16.2.16.2 driver again.

Synpatics have uploaded there 16.2.21 Drivers for Windows 8 as well now.
Synaptics Drivers Page
Tested them and they work perfectly on my dying Netbook! No swipe from top feature but that maybe as the touchpad is too small

Thanks!
godofwar424 said:
Synpatics have uploaded there 16.2.21 Drivers for Windows 8 as well now.
Windows 8/7/XP/Vista 64/32-bit Edition v16.2.21
Tested them and they work perfectly on my dying Netbook! No swipe from top feature but that maybe as the touchpad is too small
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Swipe from the tops works on my 1121! It does what right clicking used to do on metro apps! Thank you!

jjshinobi said:
Swipe from the tops works on my 1121! It does what right clicking used to do on metro apps! Thank you!
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synaptics link is dead, can anyone mirror?

You can try this link (but it is quite slow...) :
http://fichiers.touslesdrivers.com/...Vista32_Win7-32_XP64_Vista64_Win7-64_Win8.zip

Hey guys,
I have fixed the link and it nows directs you to Synpatics Driver page so the link will stay alive forever now
Also swipe from the top works on my netbook, its just as the netbook is so small, its quite difficult to do it as the spacebar is very close to the touchpad

godofwar424 said:
Synpatics have uploaded there 16.2.21 Drivers for Windows 8 as well now.
Windows 8/7/XP/Vista 64/32-bit Edition v16.2.21
Tested them and they work perfectly on my dying Netbook! No swipe from top feature but that maybe as the touchpad is too small
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The download link seems to be broken.. Can you mirror it? the mirror provided earlier is too slow and keeps dying.

technogravy said:
The download link seems to be broken.. Can you mirror it? the mirror provided earlier is too slow and keeps dying.
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The link isn't broken, it links directly to Synaptics drivers page

I uploaded the file on my Skydrive if you still need it.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=DCCE1E4C7B338589!7377&authkey=!AK_k2Nh2yM4Pgw0

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I uploaded the file on my Skydrive if you still need it.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=DCCE1E4C7B338589!7377&authkey=!AK_k2Nh2yM4Pgw0
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Computer won't recognize my Hero as a flash drive..

Whenever I try to put my phone into mass storage mode, my computer won't recognize and it does nothing. Btw, I'm running win7 and my phone is running aospMOD.
You may need to download a driver for windows 7, the one included with the phone might not be right. Just google something like "cdma hero device driver windows 7"
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Whenever I try to put my phone into mass storage mode, my computer won't recognize and it does nothing. Btw, I'm running win7 and my phone is running aospMOD.
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I would try to reinstall this...
PCSCII.apk
I'm not on my Laptop or I'd upload it for you, but when I get home I'll try to Find it for you!
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how did this work out? mine will read sometimes and sometimes not. i thought that maybe it was a cable issue. but i am very interested to hear if either of these suggestions worked.
PCSCII.apk
ngholson said:
how did this work out? mine will read sometimes and sometimes not. i thought that maybe it was a cable issue. but i am very interested to hear if either of these suggestions worked.
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Nothing's Definite, But my Friend had this Exact Issue and asked me if I could Fix it for him and I Sent him the PCSCII.apk!
He Installed it and was Giving me More Praise then I Probably Deserved... Seeing I kind of just took a Educated Guess!
But either way, I really Don't Think it could Hurt... Give it a Try!
Hopefully I'll look like I know what I'm talking about again, Lmao!!
Good Luck!
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PMGRANDS said:
Nothing's Definite, But my Friend had this Exact Issue and asked me if I could Fix it for him and I Sent him the PCSCII.apk!
He Installed it and was Giving me More Praise then I Probably Deserved... Seeing I kind of just took a Educated Guess!
But either way, I really Don't Think it could Hurt... Give it a Try!
Hopefully I'll look like I know what I'm talking about again, Lmao!!
Good Luck!
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lol, well thanks for the info i will try this later tonight.
PMGRANDS said:
I would try to reinstall this...
PCSCII.apk
I'm not on my Laptop or I'd upload it for you, but when I get home I'll try to Find it for you!
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I'll have to d/l this using the XDA app later. Thanks!
U need to Google HTC hero drivers then it should be one of the first links that pops up if u have 64bit check that then download once there downloaded go to devices and printers right click on android phone then find were it says update drivers make sure the drivers are on your desktop then when u update the drivers press search windows for drivers not the automatic one then click on the desktop after that it should automatically install them
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I have this exact same problem but only with the Froyo/GB roms. When I installed a sense rom the USB mode worked just fine. I'll try installing this apk and update in a few since I'm currently running the GB rom.
Its works fine for me on cm6.1 and asop after u update your drivers and once u plug it in make sure u press mount USB on the phone
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[Q] asus touch screen not working with w8

Hey anyone else running the developer preview of windows 8 and finding that their touch screen PC no longer works? It works fine on the partition I am using for windows 7 but on the windows 8 partition the touch screen no longer works. Any ideas? It says the touch screen is a desperate device and missing a driver but in win 7 I don't have that...in win 7 its just the screen and its driver...I'd really like to take a spin on this with touch screen capability...otherwise I guess I'm reformatting the partition and wiping it off....
Google your touchscreen with the word drivers after it.
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benjamingwynn said:
Google your touchscreen with the word drivers after it.
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Thanks, but that really didnt help.
rockhumper said:
Thanks, but that really didnt help.
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Device manager -> touch driver ->search for drivers ->pick a location on my pc -> type in the drive letter of your windows 7 partition.
This will then search your windows 7 install for the driver.
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benjamingwynn said:
Device manager -> touch driver ->search for drivers ->pick a location on my pc -> type in the drive letter of your windows 7 partition.
This will then search your windows 7 install for the driver.
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Still nothing...here's a crappy pic of it not finding anything...any other ideas?
rockhumper said:
Still nothing...here's a crappy pic of it not finding anything...any other ideas?
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Hmmm.
Go to your Windows 7 install and look in program files for the drivers software. Then install it from there or copy over the drivers from there.
benjamingwynn said:
Hmmm.
Go to your Windows 7 install and look in program files for the drivers software. Then install it from there or copy over the drivers from there.
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Yup that did it! I did that just before u posted and could not think of why that glossed over my head! Thanks for sticking with me!
rockhumper said:
Yup that did it! I did that just before u posted and could not think of why that glossed over my head! Thanks for sticking with me!
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did you fix it?
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To activate touch keyboard you know how to do it right?
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benjamingwynn said:
did you fix it?
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yes all fixed now, thanks!

Windows 8

I tried to install the Samsung drivers under windows 8 without success. I ended up installing it on a virtual windowsXP machine running under VirtualBox on the win8 machine and it works fine.
I put the phone in download mode and fired up Odin and it recognize the phone.
been on 8 primarily since the dev preview, never had issues. I use the google USB drivers since I'm on ics.
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That's because Windows 8 sucks!
sageDieu said:
been on 8 primarily since the dev preview, never had issues. I use the google USB drivers since I'm on ics.
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That's interesting. Where did you get the drivers?
electric bill said:
That's interesting. Where did you get the drivers?
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in the android sdk, it's called google USB tools I believe
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mustbepbs said:
That's because Windows 8 sucks!
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I've been using it for about 4 months, I beg to differ... name 1 reason
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I'm still on Windows XP haha, I meant to upgrade to Win 7 but never did since I can't afford to upgrade my motherboard/cpu/ram/etc. Windows 8 looks promising... but I don't really know how I feel about it looking/feeling like a mobile platform rather than a more 'traditional' desktop feel. Do they let you change it to look like traditional Windows or not?
Crawshayi said:
I'm still on Windows XP haha, I meant to upgrade to Win 7 but never did since I can't afford to upgrade my motherboard/cpu/ram/etc. Windows 8 looks promising... but I don't really know how I feel about it looking/feeling like a mobile platform rather than a more 'traditional' desktop feel. Do they let you change it to look like traditional Windows or not?
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yes it has both, you can default it back to the classic windows style desktop.
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sageDieu said:
in the android sdk, it's called google USB tools I believe
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I tried to install the sdk but it's complaining that it can't find java.exe or the java sdk even though it's installed and jave.exe is right where it says it can't find it. Did you run into anything like that?
EDIT: never mind. I was installing the 64 bit version. the sdk wants to see the 32 bit version.
sageDieu said:
in the android sdk, it's called google USB tools I believe
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OK, got the sdk installed and now adb works but but the phone still does not show up in odin. Any ideas why?
electric bill said:
OK, got the sdk installed and now adb works but but the phone still does not show up in odin. Any ideas why?
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not sure.. it should be using the same drivers. make sure you have those along with the Samsung ones, and I think I have the nexus cm7 drivers installed from somewhere.
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did you try running Odin in compatibility mode? if not try, 7 or vista
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Questions about windows 8

Okay, I'm using windows 8 release preview x64 on my gateway desktop, and I need some help with a couple things.
First of all, metro apps will not load. I have tried several tweaks around xda and other sites and cannot get anything more than the app preview screen coming up for just a second, then closing. I have an ATI Radeon 5450HD graphics card, running proper amd catalyst drivers for windows 8, and all settings are correct.
Second, has anyone been able to get dfs tool working on windows 8? I've tried installing it in compatibility mode for windows XP, Vista, and 7, all with no luck.
Any help with either issue would be greatly appreciated... And sorry this isn't in a Q&A section, but I couldn't find Q&A forum for windows 8. TIA...
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No one?
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I have my Win 8 running in a VMware virtual machine. I noticed that Metro apps will timeout loading if it is taking too long.
The app eventually loads but does so minimized. Check your left side to see if it is running.
If you are seeing a lot of your apps doing this, you may need to upgrade your computer to something faster.
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willgill said:
I have my Win 8 running in a VMware virtual machine. I noticed that Metro apps will timeout loading if it is taking too long.
The app eventually loads but does so minimized. Check your left side to see if it is running.
If you are seeing a lot of your apps doing this, you may need to upgrade your computer to something faster.
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Upgrade to something faster? I'm running an I3 as it is...
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powduh09 said:
Upgrade to something faster? I'm running an I3 as it is...
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relax it's just release candidate...u cant expect each program to function.
wait till oct 26.
realzahed said:
relax it's just release candidate...u cant expect each program to function.
wait till oct 26.
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I understand that... But not a single one of the metro apps will start. They just bring up an app preview screen, then it drops to the background, and the app never actually opens.
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I'd just reinstall. You have something wrong. Did it ever work? Maybe go back to a better point in time with System Restore.
You are logged in with a Live account, right? You can't load Metro apps with a local account (to my knowledge). You have to log on with a Live account.
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willgill said:
I'd just reinstall. You have something wrong. Did it ever work? Maybe go back to a better point in time with System Restore.
You are logged in with a Live account, right? You can't load Metro apps with a local account (to my knowledge). You have to log on with a Live account.
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It's a fresh install, I've tried on two different machines, neither of which have ever had metro apps work... And yes, I'm using a live account...
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Timeout
Yes, every metro app has 15 seconds to load, if it doesn't, them it will end.
i think you should reinstall the graphic driver and try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708349
Also did the metro apps work before or they have never worked
buggatti said:
i think you should reinstall the graphic driver and try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708349
Also did the metro apps work before or they have never worked
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Theyve never worked, even on my laptop, which has Intel integrated graphics. But, I've not tried the guide you linked... I'll try that and report back sometime today...
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powduh09 said:
Theyve never worked, even on my laptop, which has Intel integrated graphics. But, I've not tried the guide you linked... I'll try that and report back sometime today...
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The guide is for and graphics only.... go to Intel driver utility And install the latest driver then try.... I had the same problem it has something to do with hardware acceleration.
buggatti said:
The guide is for and graphics only.... go to Intel driver utility And install the latest driver then try.... I had the same problem it has something to do with hardware acceleration.
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I'm asking for amd, my Intel works fine now
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Windows 8 didn't run properly on my laptop too, had some papercuts as well. The specification requirements for Windows 8 are equal to those of Windows 7. If you can run Windows 7, you can run Windows 8. So, it's all just a bit of patience before RTM and the final release become available.
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Windows 8 didn't run properly on my laptop too, had some papercuts as well. The specification requirements for Windows 8 are equal to those of Windows 7. If you can run Windows 7, you can run Windows 8. So, it's all just a bit of patience before RTM and the final release become available.
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I know this. Guess I'm just going to revert to windows 7 until rtm
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Swype keyboard or alternative in Windows 8?

Hey guys. I have the new lenovo yoga 13 and would love swype or any other side software keyboard. Anything out there to do it?
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crypticlama said:
Hey guys. I have the new lenovo yoga 13 and would love swype or any other side software keyboard. Anything out there to do it?
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Swype is available for Windows 7 in the Samsung Slate 7 downloads. It acted weird enough on Win7 that I didn't load it on Win8; but I bet it'll work.
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Swype is available for Windows 7 in the Samsung Slate 7 downloads. It acted weird enough on Win7 that I didn't load it on Win8; but I bet it'll work.
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So how to get one's hand on it, when one doesn't posses an S7S?
Will this do? http://www.intowindows.com/swype-keyboard-for-windows/
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yeah i asked about this earlier http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580190 not much since then
I believe BASW-13533A19.ZIP older version had wider compatibility
Old thread, I know, but since I did not see it mentioned and I have looked myself, you might want to try TouchPal http://www.touchpal.com/en/index.html
Looks a lot like swype. The default keyboard has too many downsides for me, so I am hoping this one is better. Rather slow download though, so I havent tried yet.

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