Posts by babak

MichelleG, thanks. any idea where I can get the ALPS drivers for the touchpad for Windows XP (SP2)? re BIOS, is it necessary to upgrade? what are the benefits? I know there is always some danger of bricking your notebook. Is it worth it?

I've got a Aspire 5315 which I configured for my brother in law by removing Vista and replacing with XP (SP2). Everything is peachy, it is a great computer for the price (got it at W*M) except for some reason I can't get customization...

downloaded the ALPS drivers and although it says in the README: ----- RELEASE NOTE --------------------------------------------------- Release Date : 09/03/2007 Driver Name : Alps Touch Pad Driver Version : 7.0.1101 with...

drlouis, thanks. I went to the acer download site (www.support.acer-euro.com/drivers/downloads.html)and found that the ALPS driver is for Vista. It says: Please ensure that VISTA SP1 is installed on your system prior to installing these...

bizzybody, thanks but I 'm not sure what you mean by ALPS? does that stand for something? do you have a link? cheers

Yes, exactly. I want to disable the touchpad from clicking... I want only the buttons to click or tap. How do you do that?!?! I've seen screenshots of it so I know what the menu looks like. But as I said, whatever I've tried has failed....

"disable tap while typing" I've tried everything! I've downloaded the latest drivers but for some reason, it doesn't show this (and other) menu options in the mouse properties menus. what am I missing? do you have to flash...