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    Alps pointing device

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by musl85, Jun 6, 2008.

  1. musl85

    musl85 Notebook Guru

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    i wanted to change some settinggs for my touchpad, but i cant seem to launch the .exe. It used to show up on the lower right of the screen, then i closed it, and it never wants to show up again. I see it is working in the task manager, but i cant access the program. Do i have to reinstall? and does the driver file from sony's site contain the program or just the driver? I have an sz730
     
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  2. Mujja

    Mujja Notebook Evangelist

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    Can't you access it via Control Panel and Mouse?

    Or from the Vista Start menu search for "Mouse"
     
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    ok excellent. the mouse option works. I was trying to use touchpad which would not open.

    also for future install, does the ALP driver install the program as well, or is it like the UPEK which has a driver and protector suite software seperate?

    thanks mujja
     
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    Yes, install the mouse application too so can can adjust the settings. A few of the drivers do that like the Intel and nVidia video drivers.

    I like to install the drivers without running the setup.exe program if included and if Window is able to control the hardware without the appliation, i.e. WLAN drivers.
     
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