Hello Joshua,
Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community.
As per the description, you are experiencing issue with touchpad not working and getting error message: This device cannot start (Code 10). A request for the HID descriptor failed on the system.
I certainly understand your concern.
I would suggest you to follow the suggestions provided by **“Sheshanarayana Ravishankar”**replied on April 22, 2015 in the following Microsoft Community link given below and check if that helps.
I hope this information is helpful.
Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.
Thank you.