Issue: Laptop (in my case Asus) Touch Screen stopped working all of the sudden or after a windows update or mistakenly uninstalled an USB driver from device manager without knowing Touch screen driver is an USB interface. FIX: Info. in this post helped. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-hardware/touch-screen-not-working-for-asus-laptop/57147530-21e4-4856-92ee-8795edaa8b03 In short, In Windows 8, Press Win Key + X - > Select 'Control Panel' -> Search for 'Trouble shooting' -> Select 'Troubleshooting history' -> then select 'Troubleshooting' from top bar (part of path) -> Select 'Hardware and Sounds' -> Select 'Hardware and Devices' - This will run the 'Find and Fix problems with the devices and hardware' - wizard . - The wizard will popup 'Enable ... USB driver xxxxx , Apply this Fix?' - Select Apply this Fix. It might show this twice - Select apply this Fix. ...
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