The Windows generic touchpad driver reports the error "set user settings to driver failed" on start and after starting. This implies there is a problem with the windows generic touchpad driver.
Furthermore, the problem has appeared only in the past month which means that a Windows update was the cause.
Synaptics recommends installing drivers from the computer manufacturer's web site which implies that drivers might be affected by the computer manufacturer's hardware and firmware.
Windows uses a generic HID compliant driver which is dated 06/21/2006.
The Synaptics driver is Version: 19.3.31.31 Date: 08-16-2017but windows blocks it's installation.
The windows generic touchpad drivers does not have the features that Synaptics provides.
Device HID\Vid_044E&Pid_1212&Col02&Col03\5&1cc4226c&0&0002 was configured.
Driver Name: input.inf
Class Guid: {745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da}
Driver Date: 06/21/2006
Driver Version: 10.0.19041.1
Driver Provider: Microsoft
Driver Section: HID_Raw_Inst.NT
Driver Rank: 0xFF1002
Matching Device Id: HID_DEVICE_UP:000D_U:0005
Outranked Drivers: input.inf:HID_DEVICE:00FF1003
Device Updated: false
Parent Device: HID\Vid_044E&Pid_1212&Col02\4&2c496bbd&0&0000