Since updating to XP SP2 and the Tablet PC Edition 2005, have you downloaded
and installed the latest Wacom drivers? Check here:
http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm for the version 4.95-6 Penabled
Tablet PC drivers. As for the Tablet Input Panel closing on you, the
behavior when you're using the TIP in Undock mode is for the little floating
TIP icon to appear on-screen when the cursor is in a text input area AND the
pen is within about 1/2 inch of the screen. If the sensor portion of the
pen is lifted out of the digitizer range, if may be thinking the pen input
is finished.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"A Toshiba Portege M200 User"
<AToshibaPortegeM200User@discussions.microsoft.com > wrote in message
news:2630EFD6-C9D5-4064-84AE-5B70C0C485E7@microsoft.com...
> Thank you, Rainald.
>
> This "improvement" rendars the vitual keyboard supporting pen writing not
> operable, surely it is not an "improvement" but more of a bug!
>
> My problem is not "opening" the keybaord, its that it would not become
> active long enough for me to "write" even 1 character. It also will not
> insert any character I managed to write into the application!
>
> I guess the next best option for me is to remove SP2 and the update to the
> keyboard supporting the pen...
>
> EK
>
>
> "Rainald Taesler" wrote:
>
>> A Toshiba Portege M200 User shared these words of wisdom:
>>
>> > I have a portege M200. Prior to updating the latest tablet XP
>> > edition from Microsoft, I was fine using the text pen writing
>> > feature for any of the Office desktop tools. But recently, notably
>> > after MS update, the "keyboard" that appears when I am using my pen
>> > to enter text starts to "flash" on/off while I an writing in the
>> > yellow area and I cannot enter text as before, any one had a clue
>> > to why?
>>
>> The behaviour of the TIP has been changed with SP2.
>> It only pops now when needed and disappears when no longer needed.
>>
>> This was done as an improvemnet because of the requests in users'
>> feedback.
>> And it's changed again in Vista (due to users' requests).
>>
>> But you can alway open it by clicking on the TIP icon in the
>> Quick-Star area of the TaskBar.
>>
>> Rainald
>>
>>