New Synaptic Drivers for Windows 8

Hi all,

Please ignore if this has been posted already. I'm not a usual poster but I thought this was worthwhile sharing since it is so much more superior to the drivers that Sony has on their website or Synaptics generic drivers.

I have an old Sony Vaio BZ560, made in 2009 and have been using the following driver from HP:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp59001-59500/sp59085.html

I have to say it is very superior to stock and 2 finger gestures, which used to be a chore, is very easy. Two finger scrolling is seamless and two finger swiping works perfectly with the Windows 8 start screen.

Best regards,

J

 

Thanks for taking the trouble to post. Appreciated.

Link to actual file: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp59001-59500/sp59085.exe

 

thanks for posting, though, just in case, this is from Sony website in Sony singapore. it's a much newer version than the one above 16.2.16.3

http://download.sony-asia.com.edgesuite.net/vaio/downloads/523925/EP0000278715.exe

i tried it on my vpc z1 though, i don't get anything much than the one i used 16.2.10.12

 

Actually the generic Synaptics one is already out on the site, Gestures and two finger scroll works smoothly.

http://www.synaptics.com/resources/drivers

THOUGH, for my Vaio Z, I can't get the left swipe to work properly (for any of the drivers). Anyone have the same issue?