This is an unofficial guide and covers a large range of hardware so unfortunately finding the best driver it is quite 'experimental'.

In most cases the installer will reject the hardware, therefore one has to force install the Driver via the Device Manager.

Newer driver releases, in many cases the last iteration of Windows 10 Touchpad drivers released often work with older Touchpads although they are not designed for the specific Touchpad in question.Although the Windows Vista/Windows 7 driver for the Touchpad is customised for the Touchpad, it often won't install properly with Windows 10 rejecting the driver and preferring its own generic one.Windows 10 will install a generic driver from 2006 which will in most cases give the Touchpad limited functionality.

Microsoft have addressed many of these issues and going forward Microsoft will natively support new Touchpads, so called 'Precision Touchpads' which should alleviate any OEM driver issues.įor older Dell Systems (<2016 Hardware) however:

There have been numerous Touchpad issues with the release of Windows 8.x and Windows 10 primarily due to drivers… Please note I am an individual, not Dell and not an organisation and as a consequence don't have access to all Dell Hardware to test.

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