TouchPad keeps asking for Admin account password

Hi,

On an up-to-date Vista box (Compaq Presario CQ60)
the Synaptics TouchPad keeps asking for the admin
account password. The TouchPad is disabled, both
using a button above it and in Device Manager.

This is on all standard user accounts.

How do I stop this?

Thank you.

"Hexter" <anti-> wrote in message
news...
> Hi,
>
> On an up-to-date Vista box (Compaq Presario CQ60)
> the Synaptics TouchPad keeps asking for the admin
> account password. The TouchPad is disabled, both
> using a button above it and in Device Manager.
>
> This is on all standard user accounts.
>
> How do I stop this?
>
> Thank you.

You don't say, but I presume you mean on start-up. If so disable it. Go into
msconfig and uncheck it

On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:50:05 +0000, Jolly polly wrote:

> "Hexter" <anti-> wrote in message
> news...
>> Hi,
>>
>> On an up-to-date Vista box (Compaq Presario CQ60) the Synaptics
>> TouchPad keeps asking for the admin account password. The TouchPad is
>> disabled, both using a button above it and in Device Manager.
>>
>> This is on all standard user accounts.
>>
>> How do I stop this?
>>
>> Thank you.
>
> You don't say, but I presume you mean on start-up. If so disable it. Go
> into msconfig and uncheck it


Thank you for your reply. The first time the Synaptics Pointing Device
Helper application wants admin privileges is some time after log-in.
Then, unless I provide a password, it periodically asks for it. I had
this same issue in Win7 after I set UAC to maximum. Reducing it by one
notch stopped it. In Vista UAC can only be on or off and I don't want to
turn it off. Since I use a mouse instead of the touchpad I disabled it
in msconfig as per your advice. We'll see what happens.


Is there a way to turn the touchpad on without having to know the admin
user's password? Not all users of this system know it, and I don't want
them to. Is there a way to fix this or are they relegated to keep
clicking Cancel every once in a while?