If the setting is grayed out (or otherwise impossible to change) then you may need to remove your drivers, disable the setting, then re install them. Open the charms menu, select settings > 'Change PC Settings' > 'PC and Devices' > 'Mouse & Touchpad' and disable the taps delay.īut I can not locate the same setting (which may have a different name) in normal Windows 8. Unfortunately I can not seem to find the location of the setting! It's easily accessed in 8.1: If there is no Win 8 OEM driver for your device, and none of the others work either, then you can try disabling the setting manually: Be sure to fully remove your driver before installing another version. If no driver is offered for Win 8 try the Win 7 driver, or the generic driver from. Make sure you get the latest driver from the manufacturer that is intended for your laptop and for Windows 8.

Make certain that your driver is in fact up to date. However the correct driver should automatically disable this, and use palm check only.

The problem is a setting in windows 8 that disables tapping while typing. Palm check detects that your hand is resting on the touch pad, and will not intemperate that as an attempt to move the mouse. The problem is that Synaptics 'palm check' is not your problem.