It is possible that the setting you need have not enabled by default, so you better check the following. The only thing I can DO point-and - click on by touchpad. The Synaptics driver devide score is installed right now.
troubleshoot compatibility on the original.HP Pavilion dv7 laptop computer that came with Windows 7, I've upgraded to Windows 8, but now the touchpad scrolling is not working. The touchpad scroll not working no-Windows 8 updated