I can’t scroll with my two fingers all of the sudden on the mousepad.

So, firstly I had a problem with my cam, whenever I went on Skype or Facebook Messager It’ll show up with no cam. I then went online to research the problem and I saw this post that had the same situation as me, the person that type what the situation is. told the other person steps on what to do so, I followed them as well, I didn’t really have much of a clue on what I was doing, but I really wanted to fix this matter, I had to go on (firstly search on settings) Device Manger then after you click on it then go to Imaging Devices and click Easy Camera and Uninstall Device, now I wasn’t really too sure about it at first but I clicked it anyway then it said next to do is reset my computer, after all that when my laptop started to boot up I tested to see if it worked and it did. Now I am having this problem, I’m not entirely sure if that was the cause by what I did but I really need to know how I can fix this!

Another thing is that I searched how to fix this mouse problem, the person said on it that you first had to click Windows + Z and it should say Control Panel once opened, but I appeared to not have it. Is there any way that I can fix this please?

The device I am on is a Lenovo Idea pad 320.

hopefully this information I have given you is helpful in anyway.

Please if you can reply soon.

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How to enable (or improve) two finger scrolling on your Windows laptop

This is a small guide on to how to get two finger scrolling and other multi touch gestures on your Windows laptop. Even if your laptop is already capable of scrolling using two fingers, this guide can still be worth reading, since according to my experience the “feeling” can likely be significantly improved!

Introduction

With a brand new Win7 laptop in front of me I expected the touchpad to deliver a modern multi touch gesture experience. If you have used an Apple laptop and scrolled webpages by dragging two fingers on the touchpad instead of fiddling with a scrollbar, you know what I mean. Unfortunately my hopes faded rather quickly when I discovered that the trackpad seemed to lack support for multi touch gestures. But I refused to accept this, and after some diligent searching and testing I have finally found a solution that works for me.

Step 1: Update the drivers

The first thing I did was to dig through the driver settings. Imagine my surprise when I couldn’t find any settings for two finger scrolling. However, there were a few other options, indicating that the touchpad was actually capable of detecting more than one finger at a time. Having investiged this it turns out that the drivers shipped with the computer simply did not contain support for two finger scrolling even though the hardware itself supported it!

The dominant producer of touchpads for portable computers and other devices is called Synaptics. This corporation delivers touchpads to several major computer manufacturers. But as I understand it, patent issues causes many computer manufacturers to not ship the “full” drivers. Instead you get a crippled version where functionality has been removed. There is an easy solution to this though. You can get the full drivers by simply downloading them directly from Synaptics support page.

So I got the real drivers and a number of new options appeared in the driver settings, including the desired option to use two finger scrolling (enabled by default). Nice, I thought to myself, until I tried to use it. It turned out that the responsiveness was really bad. The touchpad did not seem to properly detect when I used more than one finger. Sometimes I had to swipe my fingers ten times before the drivers detected this and initiated the scroll feature. Most of the time nothing happened, which you probably can tell is extremely annoying. In addition to this, when it actually did scroll, the mouse pointer would change into an ugly picture to indicate this, which I find totally useless and quite distracting.

(I have tested several computers with default drivers since I got my computer. Many of them already had multi touch functionality enable by default. My experience with these drivers are that the responsiveness varies between different computer models. I probably got one of worst available (a fully equipped and quite expensive Asus U36SD). But even on laptops that work much better than mine, my opinion is that the feeling still leaves much to be desired when compared to, for example, the silky smooth scrolling experience on Macs.)

Step 2: Switch to open source

While searching around for a solution to the problem of poor responsiveness I stumbled upon a blog post that had a comment, mentioning a little program named TwoFingerScroll. This program replaces some of the built in functionality of the drivers to give you better multi touch scrolling. The result is excellent responsiveness and feeling! It simply works as you’d expect it to!

Before installing TwoFingerScroll, I recommend turning off most features of the Synaptics drivers (but don’t uninstall the drivers as they are still required). First disable the build in two finger scroll as this will interfere with TwoFingerScroll’s implementation. You may also want to disable other features in the drivers, since most of them are more or less worthless if you ask me. I do like the momentum feature though, so my suggestion is to experiment until you find a solution that suits you!

Update: The original TwoFingerScroll has not been updated in 3 years, but thanks to being free software a brave new soul has taken upon himself to update the program and add new features! You can find these updates at the TabletPCReview forums.

Step 3: Enhance Windows

Multi touch scrolling does not seem to be natively supported by Windows. The implementations apparently work by emulating the scroll wheel function on the mouse. This kind of implementation (basically hacking the system) tends to open up for more or less good solutions. The most obvious problem I found is that the fact that the “control” currently having focus always receives the scroll wheel input. This means that if your mouse hover above a scrollable list or page of some kind, but this list is currently not selected, nothing will happen when you try to scroll, since the selected control in the currently active window is getting the input signals instead of what is underneath the mouse. This is how Windows works by design, but when using the touchpad I found that it become more obvious and forces a non-intuitive way to use the touchpad because you constantly have to precision-click to select the active control before you could scroll it.

The solution I found was to get a utility that automatically redirects the scroll wheel signals to the control located directly underneath the mouse pointer. There are several to choose from. I settled on one named KatMouse. Whether or not this is the best program I don’t know, but it works well enough for me.

Step 4: Configuration

Almost done! But to make the touchpad more intuitive to use it may be worthwhile to configure TwoFingerScroll a bit to handle right and middle mouse button clicks without having to use the physical buttons on the touchpad. I’ve configured it so that if I “tap” with two fingers simultaneously it corresponds to doing a right click. If I keep a finger on the plate and tap with a second finger, this is equivalent to clicking with the middle mouse button (usually button on the scroll wheel). There is a small problem with the mouse pointer jumping away when “middle clicking”, but I can accept this. There is a small problem with the mouse pointer jumping away when doing the middle click, but I can live with it since I feel this is the most natural way to use the touchpad I’ve found so far.

Summary

The bottom line is that using these utilities and settings, I now have a laptop that I can control using the touchpad in a way that I enjoy. It’s not perfect, but compared to the way it was when I first got the computer, it’s a minor revolution. I hope anyone reading this gets the same results. I find it fascinating that a large corporation like Synaptics is unable to make sensible drivers, instead requiring an open source program by a hobby developer to give Windows PCs some feeling!

Two Finger Scroll

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A reliable and user-friendly software solution that can be used to activate two or three finger gestures for Synaptics touchpads

What’s new in Two Finger Scroll 1.0.6:

There are numerous users who prefer to use a mouse instead of the touchpad on their laptop because they are not satisfied with its functions. And this is where Two Finger Scroll can come in handy.

The application is meant to be run on computers with Synaptics TouchPads and it allows users to enable two-finger navigation. In other words, they will be able to use more than a single finger to scroll up and down or select items on their PC.

First of all, it needs to be mentioned that unless the host computer features a compatible touchpad, the application will not work.

Secondly, it is advisable to set Two Finger Scroll to run at Windows startup to make sure users will not need to manually launch it on a daily basis.

The application supports several types of scrolling modes and it is best to experiment with all of them before settling for one of them. More exactly, one can choose between compatible, smooth or smart, while also adjusting the speed and acceleration according to their preferences.

When it comes to tapping, Two Finger Scroll provides users with multiple options as well as the application supports not only two-finger scrolling, but also one + one finger mode, two + one finger and even three fingers.

Users can assign dedicated mouse buttons to each mode, to ensure they will not encounter any issues in managing their files and apps.

All in all, Two Finger Scroll can help users fully benefit of their Synaptics touchpads and enhance their functionality, even if they do not have advanced computer skills. It might require some time gettings used to, but in the long run the app can prove to be quite handy.

Two-Finger Scrolling In Windows 10

Which Idiot thought up two-finger scrolling cos it’s really causing me bother ? Ever since I can remember Touchpads have always been one-finger scrolling so how do I change it ?

I’ve tried one or two suggestions in other posts without success and even spent 50 frustrating, annoying minutes with a Microsoft Assistant this afternoon who didn’t appear to have a clue as he kept asking me to check the mouse properties and then click on options that simply were not there.

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Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is Glen. I’m happy to assist you.

I’m so sorry for the inconvenience sir Dave.

To disable Two finger scrolling please follow these step.

— Open «Setting» simply press windows key + I
— Click on «Devices».
— On the left side of your screen click on «Touchpad» tab
— Scroll down to «Scroll and Zoom» section.
— And uncheck the Drag «two fingers to scroll» option. This will disable scrolling on the touchpad.

(Look at the picture below)

Hopefully it will help.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

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Two Finger Scroll Stopped Working

I have a Dell Latitude E6446 running 64 bit, and after upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1, my two finger scroll stopped working. I know there are many other posts like this, but none of their solutions seemed to help me. My mouse driver is Cirque GlidePoint, I believe, and even after downloading the latest driver, a dialogue box comes up saying, «There are no active devices available to configure. Path: Software\Cirque\GlidePoint Touchpad\3.7»

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

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4. Click the box next to «Enable scrolling» if this option is available.

5. Click the arrow to the right of «Scrolling» to open the scrolling list and select two-finger scrolling to access the specific features.

9. Restart your computer if prompted. Your scrolling feature should be enabled.

Method 2: If the above method did not help, try Uninstall and reinstall touch pad drivers from the manufacturer’s website and see if that helps:

Follow these steps:

1. Press “Windows Key + W ” from the keyboard.

2. Type “Device Manager ” without quotes in the search box and hit enter.

3. Right click on the touchpad drivers and select “Uninstall ”.

4. Restart the computer once it is uninstalled.

How Do I Get Drivers?

If you still have issues, please contact Dell:

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I downloaded the driver through Dell’s support site. The normal install did not help. I removed the application from Programs and Features, then used Method 2 from above to remove the driver from Device Manager.

Found the original exe I downloaded for the Dell Driver setup. Used 7-Zip to extract the files.

Opened Computer Management -> Device Manager. Right clicked mouse drivers -> Update -> Let me choose -> Point to the location I extracted the Drivers to.

It found the driver and installed.

Touchpad Two Finger scroll is now working. Thank you RizwanPasha for your info and I hope these addition steps can help others.