Help with synaptic touchpad driver

jkh325

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Apr 22, 2012
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I have just done a reinstall of windows 7 32 bit on my dell m1330. first thing i noticed was that the 2 finger scrolling wasnt enabled so i checked the mouse properties but the synaptic tab isnt even there. device manager says that its only a ps/2 mouse. i tried installing the latest version of synaptics from their website but despite getting to the end of the installer and it showing a green check saying its finished, the 2 finger scrolling still does not work nor does a tab appear in the mouse properties. this is all after restarting the pc as well (the installer didnt prompt me to restart like it should have). i have been going mad trying to solve this on my own. i have tried many different versions one of which actually gave me 2 finger scrolling but the mouse movements were so laggy and delayed that i had to delete it. i would really appreciate any input! i would really love to be able to use this pc again and not be completely annoyed at my own failure to fix it xD P.S. when i reinstalled windows it said it was going to keep some of the old files idk if this is helpful or harmful or irrelevant. Thanks in advance!