Windows 10: Issues with Touchpad and Wifi connectivity

My laptop is windows 11 and the touchpad nor the Wi-Fi options are working. I can still plug in an ethernet cable and a mouse, but when I go to device manager it shows the drivers for it all are updated and that the devices are working properly. I tried uninstalling the drivers and restarting the laptop, didn't work. I tried uninstalling windows update, that didn't work either. I cant seem to figure out how to fix this. Can someone please help?

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connection Issue with WiFi

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Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand the difficulties as the Wi-Fi connection on your PC drops. In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below:

• What is the Version and Build of Windows 10 currently installed? (Type
  winver in Windows search/Run command)

• What is the make and model of the PC?
  

• Are you aware of any changes on the PC prior to this issue?

Meanwhile, we would suggest you to refer the steps as mentioned in this article and check:
Fix network connection issues in Windows 10



If the issue persists, then refer the steps as mentioned in these article:
Fix Wi-Fi connection issues in Windows



Also, we would suggest you to update the Wi-Fi driver from Device Manager. Please refer this article to update the driver:
Update drivers in Windows 10



Let us know the results. If the issue persists, we will certainly assist you further.



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When will the wifi connectivity problems be solved?

Hi Wabbles and welcome to Tenforums.

I've got 4 systems connecting via wireless; all adapters are different makes; all have zero issues, and two of them are old (wireless-G only). Most every issue I have seen with wireless connections has been driver-related. (Or, impending router failure.) I would suggest identifying your adapter model/make, and searching for different drivers that you can try out. And, sometimes an older driver works better than a newer one (just had this issue on a system I was working on yesterday). Also, verify you have these same connection issues when connecting to different routers, just to rule that out.

 

Synaptics touchpad - scrolling issues after Win7 to Win10 upgrade

My Samsung laptop has a Synaptics touchpad. Windows Update does not list or recommend any driver update for it, not even in the 'optional' list. If it did, I'd give it a go! For reasons of space and convenience, I don't use a separate mouse with a laptop. I'd rather use what's already there and built in - if I can.

The Samsung Support website offers a whole list of drivers for the RF511 - from Wifi and LAN to touchpad and battery-manager, as well as all the Samsung bloatware apps. But unhelpfully, does not always make clear which ones might be relevant. It offers two Touchpad drivers, neither labelled Synaptics. One is simply listed as v.4.1.0.0. of 20 Aug 2012, and the other as WXP v.4.6.0.0 of 28 Nov 2011. Neither seems to correspond or be in the same 'series' as the driver currently installed.

But the curious fact is that the present driver seems to work fine on my laptop. If it ain't broke, why mess with it? It's just that the scrolling doesn't play nicely with the Win10 Start Menu and the Settings pages. To me, that suggests it's an issue with Win10 - or those elements of it - not with the touchpad itself or its driver.