I tried to install windows 11 24h2 from a USB device on my 12th gen.
As expected, the touchpad did not recognize any gestures and no right click, as no drivers were installed.
So I went and grabbed the drivers from the website, however, after unpacking they do not install. Thus, the touchpad and other functions such as finger print, etc. do not work.
After installing windows 11 23h2 the drivers were able to install and everything worked as intended. So I guess this is a Windows 24h2 related issue.
Can anyone reproduce the issue or has some work arounds?
Believe the issue is because WMIC is optional in 24H2. You may be able to install the driver bundle by first installing WMIC under optional features in settings.
I remember @DHowett mentioning that he forwarded information on how to change the driver bundle to stop depending on the WMIC component that has been depreciated for years now.
The new means of calling WMI is through PowerShell if I remember right when I searched Microsoft articles about the WMIC depreciation.
Maybe @Destroya or @Matt_Hartley (even though he is a Linux guy) can pass along that the driver bundle is not functioning without some extra work to install the WMIC components that are no longer installed by default on 24h2 and I think 23hx too.
Maybe update the driver page to say, “Hey if the driver bundle does not work straight away; run these commands to install the old components we are still calling in our driver bundle; then re-run the driver bundle.” (This is purely my opinion)
You are right! I forgot that it was the AMD bundle that had been updated. (Had to go back to the OP and saw it was a fresh install on an Intel machine.)
I agree with you. It would be nice to include it somewhere on the driver page.
It took me an entire day to figure out what caused the issue.
And in the end, it is a very easy fix.
