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    looking for studio 14z alps touchpad driver.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by moral hazard, Oct 11, 2009.

  1. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Hi,

    I went on dells website and couldn't find the studio 14z drivers.

    I heard the studio 14z supports multitouch. Also it has the same touchpad as my toshiba. Currently I'm using a dell driver for my touchpad.

    But I would like multitouch, so I hope to find the studio 14z driver.

    Or any other dell driver that supports multitouch and is for the alps touchpad.

    Thanks.
     
    moral hazard, Oct 11, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Mastershroom, Oct 11, 2009
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  3. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Thanks, that's just what I wanted, +rep.
     
    moral hazard, Oct 14, 2009
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    clarencews Newbie

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    Hey I hate to be the guy that resurrects and old thread, but I tried that driver and I dont seem to have any option to get two finger scrolling. Am I missing any special instructions?
     
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  5. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You're right, I don't have it either.

    I don't know why.

    Can anyone confirm that the studio 14z has multitouch?
     
    moral hazard, Oct 14, 2009
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    It does not have it. You can scroll with one finger along the right side of the pad (up down) and the bottom (left right) as well as circular scrolling.

    Frankly I find the page up/page down buttons along the side of the keyboard to be much quicker and more accurate.
     
    Reality.Bites, Oct 15, 2009
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  7. Mastershroom

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    Multitouch functions are for Synaptics pads, not Alps. However, there is a little app that you can run that may allow you to use two-finger scrolling if your hardware physically supports it, even if your drivers don't.

    http://code.google.com/p/two-finger-scroll/
     
    Mastershroom, Oct 16, 2009
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    Hello Mastershroom, I downloaded the two-finger-scroll program and tried to run it but an error occured. The thumbnail below shows the error message. Any idea why? I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x86 with Toshiba touchpad driver. I tried it on my mum's Latitude D630 with Windows XP and standard Dell touchpad driver but the same error message appeared. Thanks.

    [​IMG]
     
    ps89, Oct 16, 2009
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  9. Mastershroom

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    Hmm. It might be because Alps pads just don't support multitouch at all. I used to use this app, but then again I have a Synaptics pad.

    Have you tried other versions? The page has multiple listed.
     
    Mastershroom, Oct 16, 2009
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    I tried the two latest ones. Its a big transition for me to not have the multi touch@!
     
    clarencews, Oct 17, 2009
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