


If you fail to do this step, the Control Panel tab for your touchpad will not display correctly. If you had previous ELAN drivers, uninstall them by going to CONTROL PANEL – PROGRAMS & FEATURES and get rid of anything that reads “ETD…” or “ELAN Technologies”. Things to remember before installing the driver: (Note: Once this driver is installed this is all configurable from Control Panel – Mouse.) Diminish Sensitivity – Reduce the sensitivity of the touchpad.Enable PalmTracking – Also known as Palm Rejection, prevent the pointer from moving when your palm accidentally rests on the touchpad.Disable Drag & Drop – Prevent accidental movement of icons & highlighted content.Disable Tapping – Stop the cursor from moving when you accidentally graze the touchpad.Multitouch Scroll – Use two fingers to scroll up & down in a window.Edge Swipe UP – “Reveal Windows 8 Configuration bar”.


This will reveal the Charms bar on the right, the Configuration Bar on the bottom, and the Task Bar on the left of the screen. I’ve gotten confirmation today that the Synaptics TouchPad drivers (v12.3) I’d originally linked to, when installed on Windows 8, do in fact provide Windows 8 Edge Swipe capabilities just as the Elan Drivers do below!
