This page serves as a warning about other driver sites that offer so called tools to download touchscreen drivers for Windows 10 or 8. Firstly none of them have the drivers that are required. Drivers are almost always built into Windows. If your touch screen isn’t working there are few scenarios. And what drivers DO exist they will be listed below, but use at you own risk.
- The touch screen has been mis-configured, or calibrated (Try system restore to a time when it worked) or go to the device manger to see if there are any HID devices that have an explanation mark or a question mark, uninstall them then re-scan for hardware changes this may fix the issue.
- The touch screen is broken, this happens more than people think.
- In this article, we're looking at a problem where the HID-Compliant Touch Screen Driver is missing and no longer available in Device Manager. Also, you might see numerous devices installed by the same name, known as ghost devices.
- I have two identical HP notebooks that went through the Windows 8.1 'update' to Windows 10. Oh, how I wish I still had 8.1:-) Anyway - one made the migration fine and on the other one, the Touch Screen quit working and hasn't worked since. Going to Device Manager, the driver is gone unless you.
- Hid Compliant Touchscreen Missing From Device Manager - posted in Windows 10 Support: I have a HP laptop with a touchscreen which has been working fine until a few days ago when I attempted to.
- When your HID-compliant mouse is not working properly or Windows fails to detect and install the HID-compliant mouse driver automatically, you won’t be able to see HID-compliant mouse appearing under the Human Interface Devices entry (sometimes also under the Mice and other pointing devices entry) in the Device Manager, or you may encounter mouse cursor disappearing or mouse lagging issue as.
Don’t ever install any driver diagnostic tools from the big websites that offer these tools, they are ransomware.
Other things to try:
If the HID-Compliant Touch Screen Driver is missing & no longer available in Device Manager in Windows 10, then this post will show you how to reinstall HID Compliant Touch Screen Driver.
- Restart the computer, given the stability of computers these days, people don't reboot much.
- Clean the display with a soft, clean cloth. Sometimes a dirty screen will disable the touchscreen.
- Click the start button and in the search box type 'Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input'. Choose the top result. In this area click the setup button and follow the instructions.
- Go to 'Control Panel' and then 'Device Manager'. Select the 'Monitors' section and right click on your monitor. Check the information for the touch screen and make sure it is 'enabled'.
- Repeat step 4, but instead choose 'Update driver software' from the right-click menu.
It has also been reported that on Windows 10 and Windows 8 that going to the Windows Device Manager and going through the HID devices and disabling them and re-enabling them can fix touch screen issues. From a Microsoft forum:
'Update Driver Software...'
'Disable'
'Uninstall'
'--------------'
'Scan for hardware changes'
'--------------'
'Properties'
Also worth trying is updating the system BIOS of computer.
There is a known issue with Windows 8 OEM not being compatible with touch screen devices. Many have suggested updating to a pro version, which is not worth the money.
Hid Compliant Touch Screen Driver Windows 10
Below there some older eGalaxTouch drivers for POS devices etc, that may be of use to someone.