I have an HP laptop that supports the Precision Touchpad drivers, but it takes considerable effort to use them. By default, Synaptics drivers will be downloaded

I have an HP laptop that supports the Precision Touchpad drivers, but it takes considerable effort to use them. By default, Synaptics drivers will be downloaded by Windows Update and override the Windows built-in drivers. It doesn't make much difference to the cursor motion that I have noticed, but the Synaptics configuration UI is just as bad as it was 20+ years ago and doesn't seem to offer the same range of options as the Windows settings page it disables.