The Writing Panel, when I handwrite or push the button for numbers, the
numbers come up symbols and letters, quite regularly. Zero gives me b, one
gives me n, two = m, etc., very regularly. The Character Panel does the
same, and the onscreen keyboard does not. That reliably enters what I want.
To specify, when I draw a two in the character pad or the writing pad, it
shows that it will enter the correct number when I press insert, but it
inserts these letters, and one of them is a slash, an enparenthasis, etc.

I'm using a UMPC Samsung Q1, and when I connect the external keyboard,
everything works fine on it, and in fact if I hold down the control key and
use the TABTIP to enter numbers, it works perfectly.

Any guesses? Any suggestions?

I'll add that I'm getting faulty and incomplete entry from both the writing
pad and the character pad. It's happened for a few weeks, but I just sat
down and started to see the pattern, and my experience with this computer is
that it doesn't save restore points that old. It would take about four days
to reinstall the operating system and all the programs I've installed on
this, so I'd rather avoid doing that. I tried using the Samsung driver disk
to reinstall what it labels special tablet drivers and software (or something
to that effect) and it did not help.

Once again, any suggestions short of reinstalling the whole shebang?

Have you checked the Restore Points? Sometimes they go farther back than we
might think.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"bluespapa" <bluespapa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05C4BCB5-25CC-4AE9-9A92-46485AC76DF3@microsoft.com...
> I'll add that I'm getting faulty and incomplete entry from both the
> writing
> pad and the character pad. It's happened for a few weeks, but I just sat
> down and started to see the pattern, and my experience with this computer
> is
> that it doesn't save restore points that old. It would take about four
> days
> to reinstall the operating system and all the programs I've installed on
> this, so I'd rather avoid doing that. I tried using the Samsung driver
> disk
> to reinstall what it labels special tablet drivers and software (or
> something
> to that effect) and it did not help.
>
> Once again, any suggestions short of reinstalling the whole shebang?

You don't want to hear it Steve but I'd bite the bullet and reinstall the
OS, It sounds like a DLL is corrupt.


"Chris H" <VistaMobilePC********.com> wrote in message
news:234D2370-1743-4A08-80C0-E69CBA5CA4D4@microsoft.com...
> Have you checked the Restore Points? Sometimes they go farther back than
> we might think.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
> "bluespapa" <bluespapa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:05C4BCB5-25CC-4AE9-9A92-46485AC76DF3@microsoft.com...
>> I'll add that I'm getting faulty and incomplete entry from both the
>> writing
>> pad and the character pad. It's happened for a few weeks, but I just sat
>> down and started to see the pattern, and my experience with this computer
>> is
>> that it doesn't save restore points that old. It would take about four
>> days
>> to reinstall the operating system and all the programs I've installed on
>> this, so I'd rather avoid doing that. I tried using the Samsung driver
>> disk
>> to reinstall what it labels special tablet drivers and software (or
>> something
>> to that effect) and it did not help.
>>
>> Once again, any suggestions short of reinstalling the whole shebang?
>

James,

Thanks to you and Marc, I'm running Snagit, Clipmate, Anagram, Onfolio,
OneNote and the whole '07 suite, ResultsManager, GyronQ, Copernic, Ritepen,
PDFAnnotator, some Free Software of the Moment killer apps like Folder
Marker, RocketDock, URotate, SyncBack, my Stowaway keyboard & mouse; thanks
to the Buzz, I'm running Agilix GoBinder; thanks to Trevor, MindManager;
thanks to Tracy, TEO 3.0 and PrimoPDF; Thanks to Buzz, ActiveWords; thanks to
Palm being behind the curve on Outlook '07, Keysuite; my ancient Palm student
tracking and grading program with an ancient desktop version; Firefox and
about a dozen plug-ins, IE7 and about a dozen plug-ins, Encarta, widgets, and
James & Kevin approved settings to make the scrollbars wider (the best
windows advice yet), and ten or fifteen other settings, software, and such,
and YOU THINK I'M GOING TO REINSTALL THE OS???

James! Aaaaaahhh!

I'll probably wait till the end of the semester.

"James Kendrick" wrote:

> You don't want to hear it Steve but I'd bite the bullet and reinstall the
> OS, It sounds like a DLL is corrupt.
>
>
> "Chris H" <VistaMobilePC********.com> wrote in message
> news:234D2370-1743-4A08-80C0-E69CBA5CA4D4@microsoft.com...
> > Have you checked the Restore Points? Sometimes they go farther back than
> > we might think.
> > --
> > Chris H.
> > Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> > Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> > http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
> > Associate Expert
> > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >
> > "bluespapa" <bluespapa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:05C4BCB5-25CC-4AE9-9A92-46485AC76DF3@microsoft.com...
> >> I'll add that I'm getting faulty and incomplete entry from both the
> >> writing
> >> pad and the character pad. It's happened for a few weeks, but I just sat
> >> down and started to see the pattern, and my experience with this computer
> >> is
> >> that it doesn't save restore points that old. It would take about four
> >> days
> >> to reinstall the operating system and all the programs I've installed on
> >> this, so I'd rather avoid doing that. I tried using the Samsung driver
> >> disk
> >> to reinstall what it labels special tablet drivers and software (or
> >> something
> >> to that effect) and it did not help.
> >>
> >> Once again, any suggestions short of reinstalling the whole shebang?
> >
>
>

It sounds like you are seeing the control character or hex representation
for the character entered. /b would be a space /n would be a new line. /0x030
would be the number 0 etc. Check character set that the display or software
is using .



"bluespapa" wrote:

> The Writing Panel, when I handwrite or push the button for numbers, the
> numbers come up symbols and letters, quite regularly. Zero gives me b, one
> gives me n, two = m, etc., very regularly. The Character Panel does the
> same, and the onscreen keyboard does not. That reliably enters what I want.
> To specify, when I draw a two in the character pad or the writing pad, it
> shows that it will enter the correct number when I press insert, but it
> inserts these letters, and one of them is a slash, an enparenthasis, etc.
>
> I'm using a UMPC Samsung Q1, and when I connect the external keyboard,
> everything works fine on it, and in fact if I hold down the control key and
> use the TABTIP to enter numbers, it works perfectly.
>
> Any guesses? Any suggestions?

Thanks, viper. It's so regular that I was thinking it must be something like
that, but how do I do that? The wrong characters are always the same ones
for what I'm hitting. Will this be obvious somewhere? I haven't found it
yet.

"viper8280" wrote:

> It sounds like you are seeing the control character or hex representation
> for the character entered. /b would be a space /n would be a new line. /0x030
> would be the number 0 etc. Check character set that the display or software
> is using .
>
>
>
> "bluespapa" wrote:
>
> > The Writing Panel, when I handwrite or push the button for numbers, the
> > numbers come up symbols and letters, quite regularly. Zero gives me b, one
> > gives me n, two = m, etc., very regularly. The Character Panel does the
> > same, and the onscreen keyboard does not. That reliably enters what I want.
> > To specify, when I draw a two in the character pad or the writing pad, it
> > shows that it will enter the correct number when I press insert, but it
> > inserts these letters, and one of them is a slash, an enparenthasis, etc.
> >
> > I'm using a UMPC Samsung Q1, and when I connect the external keyboard,
> > everything works fine on it, and in fact if I hold down the control key and
> > use the TABTIP to enter numbers, it works perfectly.
> >
> > Any guesses? Any suggestions?

Reinstalling the software will most likely fix the problem, but I have to
disagree with James on this one. If a DLL were corrupt you'd be getting
crashes and such. I'm going to point the finger at regional and language
settings. Try creating a new user account and see if the problems exist on
that one.

--
Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
Einstein Technologies
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com


"bluespapa" <bluespapa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2C33B87B-E7E9-4067-A4B9-E5A8D524A435@microsoft.com...
> James,
>
> Thanks to you and Marc, I'm running Snagit, Clipmate, Anagram, Onfolio,
> OneNote and the whole '07 suite, ResultsManager, GyronQ, Copernic,
> Ritepen,
> PDFAnnotator, some Free Software of the Moment killer apps like Folder
> Marker, RocketDock, URotate, SyncBack, my Stowaway keyboard & mouse;
> thanks
> to the Buzz, I'm running Agilix GoBinder; thanks to Trevor, MindManager;
> thanks to Tracy, TEO 3.0 and PrimoPDF; Thanks to Buzz, ActiveWords; thanks
> to
> Palm being behind the curve on Outlook '07, Keysuite; my ancient Palm
> student
> tracking and grading program with an ancient desktop version; Firefox and
> about a dozen plug-ins, IE7 and about a dozen plug-ins, Encarta, widgets,
> and
> James & Kevin approved settings to make the scrollbars wider (the best
> windows advice yet), and ten or fifteen other settings, software, and
> such,
> and YOU THINK I'M GOING TO REINSTALL THE OS???
>
> James! Aaaaaahhh!
>
> I'll probably wait till the end of the semester.
>
> "James Kendrick" wrote:
>
>> You don't want to hear it Steve but I'd bite the bullet and reinstall the
>> OS, It sounds like a DLL is corrupt.
>>
>>
>> "Chris H" <VistaMobilePC********.com> wrote in message
>> news:234D2370-1743-4A08-80C0-E69CBA5CA4D4@microsoft.com...
>> > Have you checked the Restore Points? Sometimes they go farther back
>> > than
>> > we might think.
>> > --
>> > Chris H.
>> > Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> > Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> > http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
>> > Associate Expert
>> > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >
>> > "bluespapa" <bluespapa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:05C4BCB5-25CC-4AE9-9A92-46485AC76DF3@microsoft.com...
>> >> I'll add that I'm getting faulty and incomplete entry from both the
>> >> writing
>> >> pad and the character pad. It's happened for a few weeks, but I just
>> >> sat
>> >> down and started to see the pattern, and my experience with this
>> >> computer
>> >> is
>> >> that it doesn't save restore points that old. It would take about
>> >> four
>> >> days
>> >> to reinstall the operating system and all the programs I've installed
>> >> on
>> >> this, so I'd rather avoid doing that. I tried using the Samsung
>> >> driver
>> >> disk
>> >> to reinstall what it labels special tablet drivers and software (or
>> >> something
>> >> to that effect) and it did not help.
>> >>
>> >> Once again, any suggestions short of reinstalling the whole shebang?
>> >
>>
>>