Did you change the battery in the stylus? Beyond that I'd call HP for
assistance - it may be a bad stylus.


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Chris De Herrera
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"Brian Burgess" <bburgess66********.com> wrote in message
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> It acts as though the But does it actually write ink if you are not
> pressing the point of the pen to the screen? .. Mine is doing this
> .. SPORADICALLY!
>
> I realize it is magnetic. Hence the problem. It is not just
> reading from the pen when away from the screen, but acts as if it were
> touching the screen .. SOMETIMES.
>
> I just re-installed the windows from the system restore CDs provided
> by compaq. The problem is still happening .. sporadically.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts..
>
> -BB
>
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 07:59:49 -0500, "Gary A. Bushey"
> <bushey@mindspring.com.REMOVETOSEND> wrote:
>
> >Most tablets are setup so that you do not need to actually touch the
screen
> >to write. Rather than having a touch sensitive screen the screen use a
> >magnetic technology to read where the pen is. I do not think this is a
> >hardware defect or system bug. My M200 will read my pen from about 3/4"
> >away.
>