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    Trackpad settings keeps resetting

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by Rykoshet, Aug 22, 2013.

  1. Rykoshet

    Rykoshet Notebook Deity

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    So my Book 9 has that stupid Elan software...and the touchpad works great. But I keep turning off swipe left, right, up, down, ABSTARTSELECT!!!!

    And after each reboot, it resets to how it was.

    Is there no way to save it and not have it come back each time? It's not just after reboots, but also after logout/in.

    Thanks, you guys are saving my butt here!
     
    Rykoshet, Aug 22, 2013
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  2. damouk

    damouk Notebook Evangelist

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    Is it just on one user account? If you haven't got a second one to test, it might be worth creating one locally to just test with.

    It's possible you've got either a faulty setting on your account, which testing a second one should tell you. If it does it on that account too, then it's possibly your Elan driver install.

    Either way, I'd try doing an uninstall and then re-installing through SW Update, but it would be useful to perform the second account test in either case to help us narrow down the problem now/for future queries from others!
     
    damouk, Aug 23, 2013
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  3. d14b0ll0s

    d14b0ll0s Notebook Guru

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    I'm experiencing the same issues on the X3E I just got.
     
    d14b0ll0s, Oct 23, 2013
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  4. yjlee01

    yjlee01 Newbie

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    I'm going to bump this. Has anyone found a solution to this? This started happening when i upgraded to Windows 8.1.
     
    yjlee01, Nov 17, 2013
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  5. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    The fix is somewhere in the 8.1 upgrade thread. IIRC the 8.1 touchpad driver has various issues and reinstalling a slightly older windows 8 version will get things working again.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Nov 17, 2013
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