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    Tap To Click disable

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Tedaus, Apr 20, 2012.

  1. Tedaus

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    I recently had to format my Sony Vaio VPCEB4D4E and my touchpad has re-enabled tap to click. Last time, I simply went into "Mouse" options and "Device Settings" and turn it off on the "Tapping" section. However, this time, it doesn't give me "Tapping", just "Buttons" and "Overview".

    I already downloaded the Synaptics driver, but I have been using a USB mouse, if that makes any difference.

    Any help?
     
    Tedaus, Apr 20, 2012
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    See if the Synaptics icon appears in system tray on your task bar (near the clock), access settings if it's the case and the option to turn it off should be there.
     
    katalin_2003, Apr 20, 2012
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    Yeah, it is there, but it's greyed out for some reason.
     
    Tedaus, Apr 20, 2012
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    Bump. Surely there is an easy solution to this.
     
    Tedaus, Apr 20, 2012
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    I think your problem is right there. The greyed out icon indicates the driver is not loaded properly. Try rebooting without the USB mouse connected and see if the icon gets enabled again. Otherwise, look in Device Manager and see if updating the driver makes things any better.
     
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    I've tried that. And I've tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it without the mouse plugged in and it's still greyed out.

    Any other suggestions?
     
    Tedaus, Apr 21, 2012
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    Bump.

    Anyone? Or any other more appropriate forum to ask it on?
     
    Tedaus, Apr 22, 2012
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    Can you try one of the Synaptics reference drivers from their website and see what you get?
     
    katalin_2003, Apr 25, 2012
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    It's okay I redownloaded the Sony driver which was Alps and there was a 'Tapping' option on there :) Thanks for your help anyway!
     
    Tedaus, Apr 25, 2012
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