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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2011, 02:50:34 pm »
Will need the proper driver installing for your touchpad to get that functionality back
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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2011, 05:25:42 pm »
Quote from: S2 Ant on January 26, 2011, 02:50:34 pm
Will need the proper driver installing for your touchpad to get that functionality back

Thats what I'm currently looking for, without much luck at the mo  :sad1:
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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2011, 08:23:39 pm »
Quote from: damoegan on January 26, 2011, 05:25:42 pm
Thats what I'm currently looking for, without much luck at the mo  :sad1:

You looked on the support section of the laptop's manufacturer?
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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2011, 08:58:01 pm »
Yea, it only has the driver for a 64bit system..

After doing a little searching it looks like there are other manufacturers that use the same touch pad, its just finding the right driver. And everytime I get the wrong one it stops the pad from working so I have to roll back...   :sad1:
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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2011, 10:46:16 pm »
I always advise folk to make a note of what hardware is installed by looking in device manager before changing OS. This makes looking for specific hardware drivers easier on the web if the manufacturer does not offer a compatible driver.

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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2011, 10:48:57 pm »
Yea, if I was a bit more IT savvy I prob would of. But I wasn't expecting any driver probs as the only other time I've had driver probs has been on upgrading, not downgrading..
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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2011, 11:19:32 pm »
Does the support download section state what type/make of touchpad the driver is for?
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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2011, 11:31:39 pm »
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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2011, 10:24:38 am »
I was about to reply saying if you go in to the device in device manager, go to the details tab i think it is, then on the drop down go to "Hardware ID" then google the code there, it will give you the specific driver for that hardware as thats the code that identifies the driver is valid for that device
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Re: Windows 7 help
« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2011, 11:07:03 am »
The link I posted did work but wasn't very stable so I removed it..

I contacted Sony last night and they were spot on, emailed back first thing today with the correct driver  :happy2:
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