I recently purchased a laptop from Microsoft (2015 Dell XPS 13") that uses the Microsoft Precision Touchpad. There are a few issues I'm having with this touchpad that I've never noticed with other laptops and I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing these or if there are any fixes. There is a noticeable delay when trying to make slow light movements. My finger can move several millimeters before the cursor responds. It may not sound like much, but if you're trying to make subtle movements in photoshop, or select a specific character anywhere it's very noticeable and difficult to use. The majority of the time when I lift my finger the cursor will jump several pixels, often moving away from the object I'm trying to target. If you use any browser besides IE, two finger scrolling is very choppy and has a similar delay that's experienced in the first issue. There are a few other minor annoyances, like poor palm detection and using two hands (one to move the cursor and one to click with) but the issues above are the biggest annoyances, ordered by most annoying to least. If anyone has any ways to fix these issues or install different drivers, I'd love to hear about them. Thanks!

Hi, THL6118 seems to have found a solution to point #1 (see post #3 here: http://www.heatware.net/hardware/dell-xps-13-9343-touchpadtrackpad-lag-issue/ ) After making the instructed registry edits, I couldn't appreciate any improvement. I also set the values ridiculously high (1000) but didn't notice any worsening of the lag either. Could anyone give his/her recommendations a try, and see if they work?

Hi, THL6118 seems to have found a solution to point #1 (see post #3 here: http://www.heatware.net/hardware/dell-xps-13-9343-touchpadtrackpad-lag-issue/ ) After making the instructed registry edits, I couldn't appreciate any improvement. I also set the values ridiculously high (1000) but didn't notice any worsening of the lag either. Could anyone give his/her recommendations a try, and see if they work? I tried the registry settings in win 10, but they made no noticeable improvements to the input lag issue.

Those registry settings have no affect on the operation. This is ABSOLUTELY a Microsoft problem. It is NOT vendor specific to Dell and it is not a vendor driver that causes the problem. Try this experiment: Disable the HID device (Driver) in Device manager. Note that you will be disabling a MICROSOFT driver that is provided with MICROSOFT WINDOWS (8 or 10). "I2C HID Device" under human interface devices. Reboot. Touchpad now works perfectly (uses generic mouse emulation for a driver). No gestures, however, so this is NOT a solution. Only intended to demonstrate that this is a Microsoft WINDOWS problem (the WINDOWS DEVICE DRIVER, digitally signed, code-typed-in by Microsoft Employees) is the culprit. Dell does not provide an OEM driver for this device, and neither does Synaptics (the ultimate manufacture). They *COULD* provide an OEM driver, but they chose not to because Microsoft encouraged OEMs to simply provide Precision Touchpad hardware, and they (Windows 10) will take care of the rest . . . The gesture detection driver in Microsoft Windows (8.1 and 10) does not work properly. It fails to allow cursor movement in the first 1-2mm of finger movement; once movement begins - it allows for very precise operation (1-2mm movements are fine). Pick up your finger and start over, and your back to laggy land IMPORTANT NOTE: Some people are not "bothered" by this behavior, and in fact, report that they do not have the problem. They do. Some people always move their finger a large distance (more than 2mm) every time they make initial contact and touch the pad - presumably to 'find' the cursor moving on the screen.. These people are perfectly happy with their driver-less (Windows 10 provided driver) Precision Touchpad. They report that they do not have any problem and their hardware does not have the issue. I have worked with several of these people and demonstrated the issue on their machines. Two of them told me they "do not care"; the other one now notices it all the time and is very mad at me :-) Other people, like me, are INCREDIBLY bothered by this behavior - it violates the principal of UI design that *I* control the cursor - that my finger movement is intimately 'connected' to that cursor whenever I touch the pad. A violation of that trust cannot be tolerated. I cannot use any notebook computer that utilizes the Microsoft Windows 10 Precision Touchpad Drivers - including the Dell XPS-13 (Early 2015) model. When the updated Dell XPS-13 comes out next week, I suspect it will utilize an OEM driver because Dell is well-aware of Microsoft's FAILING in this area. This is absolutely a Microsoft Windows 10 issue and needs to be corrected by Microsoft. I hold my breath with each Windows Update - hoping for a fix. I check the driver version numbers with each Windows Update - has not changed since pre-release builds.

Hi, OEM's are 100% responsible for everything on the computer including Windows. They sign contracts stating that fact so users will not get caught between the OEM's and Microsoft or other providers. Sorry you are having the issue however you absolutely need to be working with Dell. Rob - SpiritX

FALSE. The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 has this issue. The trackpad in the surface Pro 3 type cover - a precision touchpad - has this exact same issue. I was referring to the Microsoft Product, not the Dell product. There is no OEM in this case, only Microsoft. The operation of the Precision Touchpad - when controlled by Windows 10 (or 8.1) - using Microsoft drivers - on Microsoft hardware - does not work correctly. I am trying to work with the hardware (and software) manufacturer on this one. It is Microsoft.

Microsoft Precision Touchpad, not very precise

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I recently purchased a laptop from Microsoft (2015 Dell XPS 13") that uses the Microsoft Precision Touchpad.

There are a few issues I'm having with this touchpad that I've never noticed with other laptops and I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing these or if there are any fixes.

There is a noticeable delay when trying to make slow light movements. My finger can move several millimeters before the cursor responds. It may not sound like much, but if you're trying to make subtle movements in photoshop, or select a specific character anywhere it's very noticeable and difficult to use.
The majority of the time when I lift my finger the cursor will jump several pixels, often moving away from the object I'm trying to target.
If you use any browser besides IE, two finger scrolling is very choppy and has a similar delay that's experienced in the first issue.

There are a few other minor annoyances, like poor palm detection and using two hands (one to move the cursor and one to click with) but the issues above are the biggest annoyances, ordered by most annoying to least.

If anyone has any ways to fix these issues or install different drivers, I'd love to hear about them.

Thanks!

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2015-10-03T05:18:47+00:00

Hi, THL6118 seems to have found a solution to point #1 (see post #3 here: http://www.heatware.net/hardware/dell-xps-13-9343-touchpadtrackpad-lag-issue/)

After making the instructed registry edits, I couldn't appreciate any improvement. I also set the values ridiculously high (1000) but didn't notice any worsening of the lag either.

Could anyone give his/her recommendations a try, and see if they work?
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2015-10-03T12:01:52+00:00

Hi, THL6118 seems to have found a solution to point #1 (see post #3 here: http://www.heatware.net/hardware/dell-xps-13-9343-touchpadtrackpad-lag-issue/)

After making the instructed registry edits, I couldn't appreciate any improvement. I also set the values ridiculously high (1000) but didn't notice any worsening of the lag either.

Could anyone give his/her recommendations a try, and see if they work?

I tried the registry settings in win 10, but they made no noticeable improvements to the input lag issue.
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2015-10-24T14:48:24+00:00

Those registry settings have no affect on the operation.

This is ABSOLUTELY a Microsoft problem. It is NOT vendor specific to Dell and it is not a vendor driver that causes the problem.

Try this experiment:

Disable the HID device (Driver) in Device manager. Note that you will be disabling a MICROSOFT driver that is provided with MICROSOFT WINDOWS (8 or 10). "I2C HID Device" under human interface devices.

Reboot.

Touchpad now works perfectly (uses generic mouse emulation for a driver). No gestures, however, so this is NOT a solution. Only intended to demonstrate that this is a Microsoft WINDOWS problem (the WINDOWS DEVICE DRIVER, digitally signed, code-typed-in by Microsoft Employees) is the culprit. Dell does not provide an OEM driver for this device, and neither does Synaptics (the ultimate manufacture). They *COULD* provide an OEM driver, but they chose not to because Microsoft encouraged OEMs to simply provide Precision Touchpad hardware, and they (Windows 10) will take care of the rest . . .

The gesture detection driver in Microsoft Windows (8.1 and 10) does not work properly. It fails to allow cursor movement in the first 1-2mm of finger movement; once movement begins - it allows for very precise operation (1-2mm movements are fine). Pick up your finger and start over, and your back to laggy land

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Some people are not "bothered" by this behavior, and in fact, report that they do not have the problem. They do. Some people always move their finger a large distance (more than 2mm) every time they make initial contact and touch the pad - presumably to 'find' the cursor moving on the screen.. These people are perfectly happy with their driver-less (Windows 10 provided driver) Precision Touchpad. They report that they do not have any problem and their hardware does not have the issue. I have worked with several of these people and demonstrated the issue on their machines. Two of them told me they "do not care"; the other one now notices it all the time and is very mad at me :-)

Other people, like me, are INCREDIBLY bothered by this behavior - it violates the principal of UI design that *I* control the cursor - that my finger movement is intimately 'connected' to that cursor whenever I touch the pad. A violation of that trust cannot be tolerated. I cannot use any notebook computer that utilizes the Microsoft Windows 10 Precision Touchpad Drivers - including the Dell XPS-13 (Early 2015) model. When the updated Dell XPS-13 comes out next week, I suspect it will utilize an OEM driver because Dell is well-aware of Microsoft's FAILING in this area.

This is absolutely a Microsoft Windows 10 issue and needs to be corrected by Microsoft. I hold my breath with each Windows Update - hoping for a fix. I check the driver version numbers with each Windows Update - has not changed since pre-release builds.
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2015-10-24T16:48:04+00:00

Hi,

OEM's are 100% responsible for everything on the computer including Windows.

They sign contracts stating that fact so users will not get caught between the

OEM's and Microsoft or other providers.

Sorry you are having the issue however you absolutely need to be working with

Dell.

Rob - SpiritX
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2015-10-24T18:22:47+00:00

FALSE.

The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 has this issue. The trackpad in the surface Pro 3 type cover - a precision touchpad - has this exact same issue. I was referring to the Microsoft Product, not the Dell product.

There is no OEM in this case, only Microsoft. The operation of the Precision Touchpad - when controlled by Windows 10 (or 8.1) - using Microsoft drivers - on Microsoft hardware - does not work correctly.

I am trying to work with the hardware (and software) manufacturer on this one. It is Microsoft.
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