Windows 8.1 laptop multitouch woes

Ill try and make this short.

I recently purchased the dell I7559, it ships with windows 10, but I put windows 8.1 pro on it instead. After my the problem I’ve been having is the lack of multi touch. When I first got the laptop and was messing around in windows 10, multi touch was great. I could use 2 fingers to scroll and pinch to zoom. Initially when I upgraded I figured I would be using a mouse anyways and it wouldn’t be a big deal.

I was wrong.

Using the laptop without a mouse is infuriating. It frustrates me to the fullest to have to use the scroll bars on the sides of programs, including chrome.

I have not been able to find any drivers, or even any information on who the manufacturer of my touchpad is. In the device manager the touchpad is listed as PS/2 device. and I am unable to click uninstall drivers.

If anyone could help that would be much appreciated. I’m happy to provide more information if need be.

Thanks

~Chuck

If they aren't providing drivers for Windows 8 multi-touch you're probably just going to have to end up living with windows 10

The support page for my device on the Dell website has drivers for Windows 8.1. I just have not been able to find touchpad drivers. Right now I could use Windows 10, but the school I am attending next year does not recommend windows 10 for compatibility reasons. Hopefully by next year they will. Updating and then rolling back next year would be a headache

Did you already try running the windows 10 drives on windows 8?

There were some windows 10 drivers form somewhere that I didn't realize were for Windows 10 until I tried to install then and got an error message. I also tried installing drivers from Synaptics, but I was given an error something along the lines of supported device not found. This leads me to believe the touchpad isn't made by Synaptics

Give this a go.

The option is not there, I don't have a specific driver, in control panel, it is listed as PS/2 compliant mouse. I do not know the manufacturer. When I tried the Synaptics drivers I got an error saying something like "supported device not found"

Elantech driver

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=P2WXC