Input Devices Family
Keyboards, mice, touchpads, gamepads, and fingerprint readers.
Device categories
Keyboard
Fix unrecognised keystrokes, macro keys, and RGB lighting communication.
Mouse
Mouse sensor drivers and configuration utility software.
Touchpad
Restore multi-finger gestures and fix erratic cursor movement.
Game Controller
Xbox, PlayStation, and third-party gamepad drivers.
Fingerprint Reader
Windows Hello fingerprint biometric drivers.
Popular Input Devices drivers
Keyboard driver
How the Windows keyboard driver stack turns key presses into HID scan codes, why keeping kbdhid.sys and i8042prt.sys healthy matters, and how to update through Windows Update or your keyboard maker's model support page.
Mouse driver
How the Windows mouse driver stack turns optical sensor counts into cursor movement, why mouhid.sys and vendor software matter for DPI and polling, and how to update via Windows Update or your mouse maker's model support page.
Touchpad driver
How the laptop touchpad driver turns capacitive finger data into cursor motion and gestures, why the Precision Touchpad path over I2C HID matters, and how to update through Windows Update or your laptop maker's model support page.
Game controller driver
How the game controller driver exposes gamepads to Windows through XInput and DirectInput, why Xbox, DualSense and third-party pads differ, and how to update via Windows Update or your controller maker's model support page.
Fingerprint reader driver
How the fingerprint reader driver connects a biometric sensor to Windows Hello through the WBF framework, why match-on-sensor and secure enclaves matter, and how to update via Windows Update or your laptop maker's model support page.