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1. Press Win+I, or open up the Windows Charms bar from your right upper/lower corner and select "Settings".

2. Select "Change PC Settings" from the Settings-part of the charms menu.

3. In the Settings-app, select "Update & recovery".

4. Then, choose "Recovery" from the same left-side menu.

5. You'll get the following display, where you'll need to restart your computer to continue, which will happen when you select "Restart now".

6. Now, once restarted, you'll need to select "Troubleshoot" as the option on the startup menu.

7. Head into the "Advanced options".

8. Then to the core of what we're looking for: "Startup Settings"!

9. We'll have to do another restart, as we'll be modifying options that are applied at boot.

10. At last, now you'll have to press F7 to disable driver signature enforcement for this boot.

11. When your computers has booted up, you'll need to install the Synaptics touchpad driver, and it should complete without issue.

12. Once installed, it's highly recommended that you restart your computer one last time.

1. Press Win+I, or open up the Windows Charms bar from your right upper/lower corner and select "Settings".

2. Select "Change PC Settings" from the Settings-part of the charms menu.

   

3. In the Settings-app, select "Update & recovery".

   

4. Then, choose "Recovery" from the same left-side menu.

   

5. You'll get the following display, where you'll need to restart your computer to continue, which will happen when you select "Restart now".

   

6. Now, once restarted, you'll need to select "Troubleshoot" as the option on the startup menu.

   

7. Head into the "Advanced options".

   

8. Then to the core of what we're looking for: "Startup Settings"!

   

9. We'll have to do another restart, as we'll be modifying options that are applied at boot.

   

10. At last, now you'll have to press F7 to disable driver signature enforcement for this boot.

    

11. When your computers has booted up, you'll need to install the Synaptics touchpad driver, and it should complete without issue.

12. Once installed, it's highly recommended that you restart your computer one last time.

A more permanent solution taken from the answer posted by Anonymous, reformatted with pictures shamelessly taken from this article on HowToGeek.

A more permanent solution taken from the answer posted by Anonymous, reformatted with pictures shamelessly taken from this article on HowToGeek.

I experienced the same issue, and thought I'd try reinstalling old drivers to see if that helped.

Note: Here are two alternative version. Be careful with the download links on the sites, as some ads might give you unwanted software: Link 1: recommended | Link 2: careful!

Thanks to Fabian for informing me of the risky nature of Dev-Host, prompting this much-needed update.

Thanks to Fabian for informing me of the risky nature of Dev-Host, prompting this much-needed update.

I experienced the same issue, and thought I'd try reinstalling old drivers to see if that helped.

Note: Here are two alternative version. Be careful with the download links on the sites, as some ads might give you unwanted software: Link 1: recommended | Link 2: careful!