Synaptics Pointing Device Driver Release Notes
Version 8.0.4
April 14, 2005
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Overview
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This document describes changes to the Synaptics TouchPad Driver for
Windows 9x & ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Only external
releases have been documented. Other releases were for internal use, beta
tests, or for specific customer requests. These are not documented here.
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Version 8.0.4 04/14/2005 (Win9x&ME/WinNT/Win2K/WinXP)
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Bug Fixes
-Updated the Edge motion speed bitmaps to align with the text of control
speed with finger pressure.
-Fixed an issue where the cursor did not move until after user has logged
in. This issue only happened on TouchPads, with GlassPass, and with
pass-through abilities, with no pass-through device present.
-Added new PnP ID for customer.
-Added a registry key that can disable the scroll cursor for all
applications.
-Remove legacy PnP ID fro OEM
-Fixed a problem whereby serial devices stopped working when switching
between XP users.
-Fixed a problem where the device list in the control panel is not updated
when a device is removed.
-Fixed Traditional and Hong Chinese patent strings in the control panel.
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Version 8.0.3 04/08/2005 (Win9x&ME/WinNT/Win2K/WinXP)
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Bug Fixes
-Fixed button swap problem for suspend/resume, fast user switching and
logout/shutdown. Consolidate all features into one location in the
Enh App.
-Added new PnP IDs into the exclusion list
-After pushing the "Reset Devices" button in the Cpl, the cursor didn't
move if the Touchpad had the glass-pass feature, and also had passthru
ability with no guest attached.
-Added support for help button functionality for the registry controlled
pages.
-Add support to Cpl Icon control to support displaying an icon of any
size.
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Version 8.0.2 04/01/2005 (Win9x&ME/WinNT/Win2K/WinXP)
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Bug Fixes
-Merged AutoDisable registry keys into a single key. All inf files were
updated to use the new key.
-Fixed a string that had double click instead of double clic in French
translation.
-Fixed a minor bug to set correct default value for button swap state.
-Added code to cause us to update the display rotation on init, login, and
fast user switch since we are no longer calling PersistState() when we
change display rotation.
-Fulfill a platform setting change request for customer.
-Repaired Russian translations
-Added new PnP ID for customer.
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Version 8.0.1 03/25/2005 (Win9x&ME/WinNT/Win2K/WinXP)
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Known Defect
-The auto rotation feature will not work.
Bug Fixes
-Fixed problem with the kernel driver not loading on Windows 98 first
edition due to a OS service not being available in Windows 98.
-Translated and corrected some Russian words
-Fixed DisableIntPDIfExtPnpPDPresent registry key location.
-Removed PersistState call in HandleDisplayRotation since this was
being applied before we had gotten the login msg for Fast User Switching
causing the previouse users settings to be applied before we could
RestoreState for user2.
-PNGs now display.
-Correct Russian translation errors.
-Add ODM specific platforms and settings.
-Remove compatible IDs for OEM
-Decreased default PTS sensitivity to the point where my personal actual
and spurious error rates are approximately equal. Also decreased the
acceptable tap wander area to reflect improved ambiguous motion discard.
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Version 8.0.0 03/18/2005 (Win9x&ME/WinNT/Win2K/WinXP)
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New Features
-Windows 64-bit driver.
-New and improved scrolling algorithms.
-Improved TouchStyk pointing and press-to-select algorithms.
Bug Fixes
-Fixed up the SynTPFcs.dll so that it now will be backwards compatible
with older products, like CCR.
-The notify system when user present feature now works for all pointing
devices, not just the TouchPad.
-Updated the detection of the new ASIC chip types.
-Updated copyright properties information in all files to 2005.
-Fixed some Canadian French, and French translations in the control panel.
-Create new OEM inf and remove legacy PnP IDs.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.