
We don’t recommend performing this tweak at the moment. We had some issues clicking and then our touchpads would stop responding shortly after boot. Update: The Fall Creators Update broke this tweak on both laptops we tried it on.

It looks like that’s now possible-unofficially, at least. At CES 2017, an HP representative told us that HP was looking at making it possible for users to choose between treating the touchpad as a Precision Touchpad and using the manufacturer-provided drivers. It not only worked on both laptops, it made the touchpads feel a lot better-in our opinion. We tested this on a 13-inch HP Spectre x360 (2015 model) and on a 14-inch Dell Inspiron 14z (2012 model). Now, there’s a way to install Precision Touchpad drivers even on laptops that don’t ship with them.

Unfortunately, PC manufacturers can opt out of using Precision Touchpads. Laptops with “ Precision Touchpads” are optimized by Microsoft, support standard gestures, and can be configured from the Settings app. Microsoft has been trying to improve the touchpad experience on Windows 10 laptops.
