SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP11998 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Armada Specific Models Synaptics TouchPad Driver for Windows 95/98 VERSION: 5.0.45 Rev. A LANGUAGE: Taiwan CATEGORY: Input Devices DIVISIONS: Portables PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Armada E500 Series Compaq Armada E700 Series Compaq Armada M300 Series Compaq Armada M700 Series Compaq Armada V300 Series OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 98 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: Must be equipped with TouchPad device. PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 1999 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 4.0 SUPERSEDES: SP11360 for Armada M300 DESCRIPTION: This driver supports pointing device features of the TouchPad device. It is supported on the products listed above for the operating system indicated. ENHANCEMENTS: - Wheelmice detection can now be disabled via the registry. - Adds PS/2 pass-through TouchPad support. FIXES: - Corrects "jitter" observed on some systems. - Fixes "frozen" tray icon if user's finger is on pad during initialization. - Fixes a bug where driver failed to detect wheelmice when using PS/2 BIOS access. - If wheelmice detection fails, pointing device is sent a 'reset'. - Fixes a 'hot-plug' issue when standard PS/2 pointing device would fail to work. - Fixes "Suppress Taps" when multiple pointing devices are installed. - Fixes "refresh" problem from Windows 98 Device Manager. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. Entering "Y" to confirm the unpacking of files creates a new directory folder in the download directory. All files are unpacked into this newly created directory. To create the optional installation diskettes, run MAKEDISK.BAT and follow on-screen instructions. 3. After the directory has been created, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 1. 4. To install, run SETUP.EXE. For example, enter: \SETUP where is the drive and directory created in step 2 - or - a diskette drive letter if using the optional installation diskettes Follow the on-screen instructions. 5. After the installation is completed, you may delete the directory created in step 2 if you wish. Copyright 1999, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies