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.
a white lie. a white lie. a lie that you tell in order not to upset someone I don't see the harm in telling the occasional white lie if it spares someone's feelings. See also: lie, white.