After a few system restores I got the machine up and had to reinstall the driver for the touchpad (from the ASUS site) and rebooted, the touchpad worked for 5-10 seconds on reboot then Windows installed the Microsoft PS2 mouse driver and the touchpad stopped working.
lie (third-person singular simple present lies, present participle lying, simple past and past participle lied) ( 1 intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive. When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows. ( 2 intransitive) To convey a false image or impression. Photographs often lie.
give the lie to something. to show that something is not true He did not go into hiding, which gave the lie to the statement that he could not be found for an interview.