Uninstall synaptics pointing device driver

This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and we are happy to help you. Since you are unable to uninstall Synaptics touch pad drivers. This issue might be due to corrupted or missing System files.

I suggest you to perform the below troubleshooting steps and check. Run a SFC scan 1. Right click on the Start button, click on Command Prompt Admin.

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All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Level 4. Message 1 of 9. HP Recommended. Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 bit. Let us begin. The first thing for you to do is check for new Windows updates. If you find a new update, install it. Step 1 : Open the Start menu on your PC by pressing the Start icon or by pressing the Windows button on your keyboard.

Type Settings , then click on the Settings option that appears in the search result. Step 2 : In the Settings window, find and click on Update and security option. Step 3 : Now, in the new window, under the Windows Update section, click on Check for updates button. This will look if there are any new Windows updates available, and list them if there are any.

Installing new updates will restart your Laptop. You can always roll back a driver update to get a device working on your laptop.

Here are the steps to roll back driver updates to fix Synaptics SMBus touchpad issue:. Step 1 : Open Device manager. Step 2 : In Device Manager window, look for Mice and other pointing devices option. Click on it to expand it. Step 3 : In the Properties window, go to the Driver tab. From there, click on the Roll Back Driver button.

After rolling back the driver updates, restart your laptop and check if this fix made your touchpad work. There are chances that the Roll Back Driver button will be greyed out and unclickable. This means that you cannot roll back the updates. In such case, you are left with the option to update the driver to fix Synaptics SMBus driver problem. From the menu that appears, click on Device Manager.

From the context menu, click on the Update Driver option.