Touchpad trouble on HP Pavilion DV7

Hi. I have the HP Pavilion DV7 6B57NR. I have Windows 7 Home Premium. I recently sent my laptop for a repair and when I received, HP told me that they reinstalled the original software to the machine (Reinstalled Windows 7). Before I sent the laptop, the 3 finger flick was working. Now, I notice that I cant use the 3-finger flick option. I checked the Synaptics TouchPad Settings, and the option is marked but its not working. I tried to download the driver thru the HP Software & Driver Downloads Site and it wont let me download it. When I click "download" it says:
Sorry, we can't find that page. The page you are looking for is no longer available or has been moved.
I would like to fix this because I like the 3-finger flick and I use that alot. Thanks
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Hi,
Try the following.
Download the Synaptics driver installer on the link below and save it to your Downloads folder.
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp56501-57000/sp56909.exe
Next, open windows Control Panel, open Programs and Features, right click the entry 'Synaptics Pointing Device Driver' and select Uninstall.
When this has completed, restart the notebook.
When windows has fully reloaded, open your Downloads folder, right click the Synaptics installer and select 'Run as Administrator' to start the installation. When this has completed, restart the notebook again.
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