Synapsis Touchpad

A touch pad is pointing device hardware often built into modern laptop (netbook, notebook, etc) computers as a substitution for the previously common trackball. A touchpad is designed to provide the functionality of a mouse for the laptop platform. The two common types of touchpads on laptops are Synapsis and ALPS. The touchpad is also available as a peripheral for desktop computers.

The company Synapsis was the first manufacturer to brand such a device TouchPad in 1995. The TouchPad, Synaptics' flagship product, is integrated into a majority of today's notebook computers.

Configuration

Enable or Disable "Double Tap" in Windows 7

Typical Microsoft confusion, the double tap option is not in the regular mouse dialog properties window. To find the option you must locate the "Synaptics Pointing Device" icon in in the task manager (bottom right). Right click and check "Tap to Click." See illustration.