U550 Synaptics Pointing Device Issue

Something has happened to the Synaptics that it is not being recognized or responding. I can still use the touchpad to move the mouse and click on stuff but I can not use it for zooming or scrolling.
Can someone please help me in figuring out what needs to be done so it will work again properly.
Also on a different note when I use the Fn key to adjust brightness or volume, there is no green meter/bar thing that shows up so I can see what level it is at. Why would this stop working?

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