Synaptics Touchpad Driver for Windows 2000 / WinXP Installation Notes Version 7.12.3 1. Installing the Synaptics TouchPad Driver ------------------------------------------- This driver requires Windows 2000 / WinXP. NOTE REGARDING SAVING OF SETTINGS: ---------------------------------- Windows 2000 / WinXP does not save any of the user settings for users belonging to the "Guests" user group. This includes special TouchPad settings as well as all other user settings. If you want your settings to be saved, make sure your user account does not belong to the "Guests" group using the User Manager program (you must be Administrator to change user settings). Installation procedure ------------------------------------------------------- First, if you have a new TouchPad, plug it in and reboot Windows 2000 / WinXP. Windows 2000 / WinXP will then detect your new TouchPad and install a standard mouse driver to handle it. You cannot install the Synaptics TouchPad driver until this process is complete and your TouchPad is functioning as a normal pointing device. Log on to your system as "Administrator", or as another user with administrator privileges. Run "Setup.exe". This program will automatically install the Synaptics TouchPad driver to handle all PS/2 and Serial pointing devices attached to your computer. You will need to restart Windows after the installation is complete. If the driver has been installed correctly, after you have restarted Windows you should see the TouchPad Icon in your task bar next to the clock. Also, a dialog box entitled "Information about your TouchPad" will pop up. You can prevent this dialog box from coming up in the future by checking the "Stop showing me this message" checkbox. For help using your TouchPad, choose "Tell me more..." from the "Information about your TouchPad" dialog box, or double-click on the TouchPad Icon in your task bar, and click on the "Help" button. If you wish to change one or more of your pointing devices to using a standard Microsoft or other third party driver, you should bring up the Mouse control panel, and select the "Hardware" tab. From there, select the pointing device you want to change and click "Properties". Select the "Driver" tab and Click "Update Driver...". Follow the instructions to install a new driver.
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