Disable “Tap to Click” on Dell Inspiron 1525 running Windows 7

Question

After my install of Windows 7, Dell Quickset will not download. I used quickset to disable tap to click in Vista. The download from the official dell site starts as a DellDriverDownload application, and then says I have no applications to download.

I have tried synaptics, yet the "Tap to Click" toggle is greyed out and unclickable.

Any suggestions for other drivers/fixes?

Thanks

Answer: The answer was to download the "pointing stick" driver from Dell Support. Thanks to outsideblasts for the answer

Answer 1

Same machine here. I didn't install the full quickset, only the touchpad driver. In the drivers page for 1525, look for "Input devices", then the second of the three items: "Dell driver- touchpad/pointing stick". The driver number is R176423.exe. Works well and "Tap to Click" can be disabled through control panel.

Answer 2

I just installed the 64-bit Dell input driver R244796 on the Dell Inspiron 1525, and the scrolling does work. This should work for Windows Vista and 7 64-bit. Here's the link to download:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R244796&SystemID=STUDIO1737&servicetag=&os=WV64&osl=en&deviceid=16519&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=4&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=17&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=354879

Answer 3

OK I found an answer and thought I would share it here. I found this post at the dell support forum and decided to try it and it works!!! My tap click is disabled!! I am soo happy!

Here is the Alps driver from the Vostro 1720 for Windows 7. This is what I am using and it works just fine.

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