Touch Keyboard Is Screwy All of a Sudden

I installed a bunch of updates for the synaptics, wacom, graphics, on my X220T recently.
Of course, common sense would suggest you do each one at a time, and make sure to have restore points made during each change.
I won't claim to posses such common sense.
Anyways, the current result is that when I log into Windows 8 it will not bring up the virtual kepad for me.
I also have had the virtual keypad turned into a minature useless keyboard that can't be re-sized (that I'm aware of).
There's a second touch keyboard that works ok if you manually open it each time, but it's not really optimal (and still doesn't pop up at the login.
Has anyone else run into this issue, and know which update or driver may have caused the problem?
I'm about ready to restore from an external clone of the drive, but would rather not if there is a simple fix.
Here are screen shots.
First shot is what the keyboard turned itself into. Tiny, dockable (which is ok), but not coming up at log in and too small to use. This is called "Touch Keyboard" in windows.
Second shot is of the "On Screen Keyboard", which is semi useful but also doesn't load up automatically, doesn't seem to support inking, and doesn't like to lock into place well.
Link to picture
Link to picture
The shots are taken while it was connected to my 52" 1080p, so don't let the size fool you. The standard one I used to use (first shot), is completely useless for touch now, and the second one (which you can see pinned under the temperature app on the taskbar, not the bottom location near the battery monitors [that's the original one that's now screwy) is a pain to use and doesn't pop up on its own.
Suggestions?
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I'm also experiencing this problem after upgrading to Windows 8 Pro.
I'm working on an x230t, but also having a miniature touch keyboard problem.

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