Thanks guys, that is excatly what I feared. Nevertheless, now I am sure that
there is no way to repair it (without reinstalling XP).

"Rainald Taesler" wrote:

> NotDifficult wrote:
>
> > I'm having exactly the same problem: Windows Journal cannot
> > initialize the inking components. Trying "journal.exe
> > /repairnotewriter" brings excatly the same error message.
> > ...
> > What else could be of help?
> > Win XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, SP3 (German)
> > Thinkpad X61 Tablet
>
> As Journal is one of the *integrated* applications (mire or less just a
> "demo" for what a TabletPC can be used for) IMO something is broken deep
> down in the OS.
> My only suggestion: Make a fresh install from scratch.
>
> Rainald
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