Hello.
I've had to rebuild my TC1000 from a XP Pro CD because when I
purchased it, it didn't come with recovery CDs. Unfortunately, I
wasn't able to retrieve a copy of XP Tablet Ed., but it's my
understanding there is really no such a thing; XP Tablet is specially
built by the mfr's to suit their machines (correct me if I'm wrong on
this...). So with that said, my dilemma: I basically have all I need
back on the TC1000, minus all the little apps included in the "tablet
edition" such as journal and the silly Inkball game (even though it's
pretty fun for a while!); however, I can't get the buttons to
work!!!! :((
One more thing: when I install the video driverr from the HP site, the
image turns upside down and the mouse works on "inverted axis"!!!! I
did work around that though: I just use the M$ driver, but loose the
"rotate" capability of the screen. I'm really more concern about the
jog dial and the other customizable buttons by it (esc, tab, Q and
email client). Please I need help...I've been working on this for the
past 4 days (going on 5 now...).
Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
Tony.

Microsoft does have a specific Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. It's available
only with Tablet PCs. We've seen your scenario many times in the past from
people purchasing from a secondary market. The image may have been built to
OEM's specifications, but the underlying operating system is Microsoft's.

You can contact the manufacturer's support line to see if they'll send you
an additional copy of the OS, but they're really under no obligation to do
so, although most will send for either shipping costs, or costs of the
replacement disks plus shipping. It's worth asking about.
--
Terri Stratton
Microsoft Featured Community
http://thetabletpc.net
Forums - http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
Microsoft Windows MVP- Tablet PC

<DawofWar2005******.com> wrote in message
news:1180404533.946998.38640@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello.
> I've had to rebuild my TC1000 from a XP Pro CD because when I
> purchased it, it didn't come with recovery CDs. Unfortunately, I
> wasn't able to retrieve a copy of XP Tablet Ed., but it's my
> understanding there is really no such a thing; XP Tablet is specially
> built by the mfr's to suit their machines (correct me if I'm wrong on
> this...). So with that said, my dilemma: I basically have all I need
> back on the TC1000, minus all the little apps included in the "tablet
> edition" such as journal and the silly Inkball game (even though it's
> pretty fun for a while!); however, I can't get the buttons to
> work!!!! :((
> One more thing: when I install the video driverr from the HP site, the
> image turns upside down and the mouse works on "inverted axis"!!!! I
> did work around that though: I just use the M$ driver, but loose the
> "rotate" capability of the screen. I'm really more concern about the
> jog dial and the other customizable buttons by it (esc, tab, Q and
> email client). Please I need help...I've been working on this for the
> past 4 days (going on 5 now...).
> Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Tony.
>

Thanks for your reply Terry.
Well, what about this scenario: let's say I got my hands on a copy of
Tablet Edition, and was able to install it on a desktop using a 3.5"
HD with an adapter, but then when I place the HD in my TC1000 it won't
boot at all. Keep in mind that the BIOS on the TC1000 see the drive
just fine. Also, using the same "hypothetical" install discs and
trying directly on the TC1000 (via an external USB2.0 drive which is
also recognized by BIOS) windows installer crashes right after copying
files (it crashes right after the installer says "starting windows") I
then get a "blue screen of death" with the usual message: windows has
stopped to prevent damage blah blah blah...please check for disk
errors blah blah blah...
I don't think it's the drive though (the same drive works fine on
other PCs).
I'll try Compaq and see what they say about the CDs. Again, thanks for
your time.
v/r
Tony.

On May 29, 9:52 am, "terri" <t...@no.mvps.spam.org> wrote:
> Microsoft does have a specific Windows XPTabletPC Edition. It's available
> only withTabletPCs. We've seen your scenario many times in the past from
> people purchasing from a secondary market. The image may have been built to
> OEM's specifications, but the underlying operating system is Microsoft's.
>
> You can contact the manufacturer's support line to see if they'll send you
> an additional copy of the OS, but they're really under no obligation to do
> so, although most will send for either shipping costs, or costs of the
> replacement disks plus shipping. It's worth asking about.
> --
> Terri Stratton
> Microsoft Featured Communityhttp://thetabletpc.net
> Forums -http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP-TabletPC

Can the TC 1000 run Vista? If so, you could do a clean install of a version
of Vista that supports Tablets.

A description of doing this with a TC 1100 is at
http://mobilepcwiki.com/mpc/index.ph...allation_Notes,
but the TC 1000 may be an older model.

Mickey,
I'm actually trying that right now; however, I'm don't think it's
going to run. Rmember, the TC1000 only has 16MB of shared video RAM
(that is already low for XP!) Well I guess my real dilemma is: why I
can get the pen to work, but not the function buttons under XP Pro
SP2!?!
Tony.

In message <1180459309.206785.276830@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups. com>,
DawofWar2005******.com writes
>Mickey,
>I'm actually trying that right now; however, I'm don't think it's
>going to run. Rmember, the TC1000 only has 16MB of shared video RAM
>(that is already low for XP!) Well I guess my real dilemma is: why I
>can get the pen to work, but not the function buttons under XP Pro
>SP2!?!
>Tony.
>
May be a dumb question, but have you installed the Tablet Button Drivers
from the HP site. They are under
Driver - Keyboard, Mouse and Input Devices
on the HP support site for the TC1000.

As I understand, the Wacom pen drivers are common to all tablets, and so
included in XP (and Vista), but the buttons are a tablet specific issue
and need a device driver.
--
Peter R Cook

On May 29, 1:49 pm, Invalid <n...@wisty.plus.com.invalid> wrote:
> In message <1180459309.206785.276...@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups. com>,
> DawofWar2...******.com writes>Mickey,
> >I'm actually trying that right now; however, I'm don't think it's
> >going to run. Rmember, theTC1000only has 16MB of shared video RAM
> >(that is already low for XP!) Well I guess my real dilemma is: why I
> >can get the pen to work, but not the functionbuttonsunder XP Pro
> >SP2!?!
> >Tony.
>
> May be a dumb question, but have you installed theTabletButton Drivers
> from the HP site. They are under
> Driver - Keyboard, Mouse and Input Devices
> on the HP support site for theTC1000.
>
> As I understand, the Wacom pen drivers are common to all tablets, and so
> included in XP (and Vista), but thebuttonsare atabletspecific issue
> and need a device driver.
> --
> Peter R Cook

Hello Peter.
Yes I did install the drivers from the HP site (no question is a dumb
one); weird thing is, the jog dial works only for the "enter" function
(up/down have no reaction. All the other buttons, nada...

In message <1180463172.209651.118510@k79g2000hse.googlegroups .com>,
DawofWar2005******.com writes
>On May 29, 1:49 pm, Invalid <n...@wisty.plus.com.invalid> wrote:
>> In message <1180459309.206785.276...@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups. com>,
>> DawofWar2...******.com writes>Mickey,
>> >I'm actually trying that right now; however, I'm don't think it's
>> >going to run. Rmember, theTC1000only has 16MB of shared video RAM
>> >(that is already low for XP!) Well I guess my real dilemma is: why I
>> >can get the pen to work, but not the functionbuttonsunder XP Pro
>> >SP2!?!
>> >Tony.
>>
>> May be a dumb question, but have you installed theTabletButton Drivers
>> from the HP site. They are under
>> Driver - Keyboard, Mouse and Input Devices
>> on the HP support site for theTC1000.
>>
>> As I understand, the Wacom pen drivers are common to all tablets, and so
>> included in XP (and Vista), but thebuttonsare atabletspecific issue
>> and need a device driver.
>> --
>> Peter R Cook
>
>Hello Peter.
>Yes I did install the drivers from the HP site (no question is a dumb
>one); weird thing is, the jog dial works only for the "enter" function
>(up/down have no reaction. All the other buttons, nada...
>
A question and a suggestion.

Do the buttons appear on the button tab in the Tablet and Pen Setting
applet? If not then potentially the driver is not installing correctly.
Try removing and re-installing.

If the buttons are there, but not working , and if you feel comfortable,
it is possible ( at least on my Tablet) to poke about in the registry
and then set up the keys individually. I borrowed this idea from another
post - a while ago, so I can't credit it properly. It seems to be
generally applicable to all Tablets.

* Start regedit (launch a command prompt and type regedit)
* Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Control\TabletPC\TabletButtons\nn

nn runs from 0 to 20 (it does on my machine a Tatung but see below)

Under each button there will be a key NoUI, most buttons will have the
value set to 1 to prevent customisation

* Change the value of NoUI from 1 to 0

This will enable you to reprogram the keys individually from the Tablet
and Pen Applet. It will also allow you to see what actions they are
currently programmed for (if any).

If these registry entries are not there, then I suggest the driver is
not installing properly. I think it should appear as a device under
Human Interface Devices in Device manager.

I don't have a HP tablet, but a quick look at cpqbttn.inf in sp21346.exe
(the button driver) from HP suggests that the driver that needs to be
installed is CPQBttn.sys, and that you should have nn from 0-12

The basic logic seems to be that the TabletButtons\nn keys link the
driver to a set of actions that are defined in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\TabletPC\ButtonActions,
and the actual actions are driven by tabbtn.dll (this is a Microsoft
provided dll, so I presume it is common to all tablets) and should
therefore be in your system.

As a last resort I would extract all the files from sp21346.exe and use
the Install option from explorer to install cpqbtn.inf rather than using
the HP installer.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck






--
Peter R Cook

On May 29, 3:22 pm, Invalid <n...@wisty.plus.com.invalid> wrote:
> In message <1180463172.209651.118...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups .com>,
> DawofWar2...******.com writes
>
> >On May 29, 1:49 pm, Invalid <n...@wisty.plus.com.invalid> wrote:
> >> In message <1180459309.206785.276...@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups. com>,
> >> DawofWar2...******.com writes>Mickey,
> >> >I'm actually trying that right now; however, I'm don't think it's
> >> >going to run. Rmember, theTC1000only has 16MB of shared video RAM
> >> >(that is already low for XP!) Well I guess my real dilemma is: why I
> >> >can get the pen to work, but not the functionbuttonsunder XP Pro
> >> >SP2!?!
> >> >Tony.
>
> >> May be a dumb question, but have you installed theTabletButton Drivers
> >> from the HP site. They are under
> >> Driver - Keyboard, Mouse and Input Devices
> >> on the HP support site for theTC1000.
>
> >> As I understand, the Wacom pen drivers are common to all tablets, and so
> >> included in XP (and Vista), but thebuttonsare atabletspecific issue
> >> and need a device driver.
> >> --
> >> Peter R Cook
>
> >Hello Peter.
> >Yes I did install the drivers from the HP site (no question is a dumb
> >one); weird thing is, the jog dial works only for the "enter" function
> >(up/down have no reaction. All the otherbuttons, nada...
>
> A question and a suggestion.
>
> Do thebuttonsappear on the button tab in theTabletand Pen Setting
> applet? If not then potentially the driver is not installing correctly.
> Try removing and re-installing.
>
> If thebuttonsare there, but not working , and if you feel comfortable,
> it is possible ( at least on myTablet) to poke about in the registry
> and then set up the keys individually. I borrowed this idea from another
> post - a while ago, so I can't credit it properly. It seems to be
> generally applicable to all Tablets.
>
> * Start regedit (launch a command prompt and type regedit)
> * Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
> Control\TabletPC\TabletButtons\nn
>
> nn runs from 0 to 20 (it does on my machine a Tatung but see below)
>
> Under each button there will be a key NoUI, mostbuttonswill have the
> value set to 1 to prevent customisation
>
> * Change the value of NoUI from 1 to 0
>
> This will enable you to reprogram the keys individually from theTablet
> and Pen Applet. It will also allow you to see what actions they are
> currently programmed for (if any).
>
> If these registry entries are not there, then I suggest the driver is
> not installing properly. I think it should appear as a device under
> Human Interface Devices in Device manager.
>
> I don't have a HPtablet, but a quick look at cpqbttn.inf in sp21346.exe
> (the button driver) from HP suggests that the driver that needs to be
> installed is CPQBttn.sys, and that you should have nn from 0-12
>
> The basic logic seems to be that the TabletButtons\nn keys link the
> driver to a set of actions that are defined in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\TabletPC\ButtonActions,
> and the actual actions are driven by tabbtn.dll (this is a Microsoft
> provided dll, so I presume it is common to all tablets) and should
> therefore be in your system.
>
> As a last resort I would extract all the files from sp21346.exe and use
> the Install option from explorer to install cpqbtn.inf rather than using
> the HP installer.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Good Luck
>
> --
> Peter R Cook

Thank You very much for the info Peter. Keep in mind though I'm
running (or was running I should say...) WinXP Pro SP2. not Tablet
edition...

In message <1180469408.357838.8740@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.c om>,
DawofWar2005******.com writes
>On May 29, 3:22 pm, Invalid <n...@wisty.plus.com.invalid> wrote:
>> In message <1180463172.209651.118...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups .com>,
>> DawofWar2...******.com writes
>>
>
>Thank You very much for the info Peter. Keep in mind though I'm
>running (or was running I should say...) WinXP Pro SP2. not Tablet
>edition...
>
Then I guess that one or more of the tablet specific dll's is not there.

Regards
--
Invalid

That would depend on the type of copy you might (or might not) have. The
OEMs use image copies of the OS along with any drivers and additional
programs they want to install. A bios check can be included as can a check
for specific hardware.

Another possibility is that only an OEM disk or image can be used with a
specific key. You also can't use a copy from MSDN with an OEM key (or vice
versa).

You might want to see if there's a bios update for your computer as well.
Depending on the size of the hard drive, it may not be fully recognized,
although that seems not to be the case as you say the computer sees it.
Also, many of the very early Tablets required specific CD/DVD drives for
installation.

Have you installed specific drivers for the devices during the installation?
--
Terri Stratton
Microsoft Featured Community
http://thetabletpc.net
Forums - http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
Microsoft Windows MVP- Tablet PC



<DawofWar2005******.com> wrote in message
news:1180450344.967889.212890@p77g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> Thanks for your reply Terry.
> Well, what about this scenario: let's say I got my hands on a copy of
> Tablet Edition, and was able to install it on a desktop using a 3.5"
> HD with an adapter, but then when I place the HD in my TC1000 it won't
> boot at all. Keep in mind that the BIOS on the TC1000 see the drive
> just fine. Also, using the same "hypothetical" install discs and
> trying directly on the TC1000 (via an external USB2.0 drive which is
> also recognized by BIOS) windows installer crashes right after copying
> files (it crashes right after the installer says "starting windows") I
> then get a "blue screen of death" with the usual message: windows has
> stopped to prevent damage blah blah blah...please check for disk
> errors blah blah blah...
> I don't think it's the drive though (the same drive works fine on
> other PCs).
> I'll try Compaq and see what they say about the CDs. Again, thanks for
> your time.
> v/r
> Tony.
>
> On May 29, 9:52 am, "terri" <t...@no.mvps.spam.org> wrote:
>> Microsoft does have a specific Windows XPTabletPC Edition. It's
>> available
>> only withTabletPCs. We've seen your scenario many times in the past from
>> people purchasing from a secondary market. The image may have been built
>> to
>> OEM's specifications, but the underlying operating system is Microsoft's.
>>
>> You can contact the manufacturer's support line to see if they'll send
>> you
>> an additional copy of the OS, but they're really under no obligation to
>> do
>> so, although most will send for either shipping costs, or costs of the
>> replacement disks plus shipping. It's worth asking about.
>> --
>> Terri Stratton
>> Microsoft Featured Communityhttp://thetabletpc.net
>> Forums -http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP-TabletPC
>

In message <1180450344.967889.212890@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
DawofWar2005******.com writes
>Thanks for your reply Terry.
>Well, what about this scenario: let's say I got my hands on a copy of
>Tablet Edition, and was able to install it on a desktop using a 3.5"
>HD with an adapter, but then when I place the HD in my TC1000 it won't
>boot at all. Keep in mind that the BIOS on the TC1000 see the drive
>just fine.

I would not expect this to work. The Windows installer will have
installed drivers for the desktop's motherboard, graphics and disk
controllers. Swapping the drive to the tablet means that most of the
drivers in the boot image will be the wrong ones.

>Also, using the same "hypothetical" install discs and
>trying directly on the TC1000 (via an external USB2.0 drive which is
>also recognized by BIOS) windows installer crashes right after copying
>files (it crashes right after the installer says "starting windows") I
>then get a "blue screen of death" with the usual message: windows has
>stopped to prevent damage blah blah blah...please check for disk
>errors blah blah blah...
>I don't think it's the drive though (the same drive works fine on
>other PCs).
This is a similar problem. I am not sure what you mean by installing via
an external USB2.0 drive.

If you are copying the install CD onto the USB2.0 drive, then doing the
install to the Tablet's hard drive, it is likely that the windows
installer isn't loading the drivers for the USB external drive, and
consequently can't see the rest of the install files.

If however you are trying to install XP to the USB2.0 external drive,
then again the windows installer is not loading appropriate drivers for
the USB drive as the system disk.

>I'll try Compaq and see what they say about the CDs. Again, thanks for
>your time.
>v/r
>Tony.

I suggest that what you need to do given that you have a copy of XP-Pro
running on the tablet, is to
A) make an image of the existing Tablet Drive so that you can get back
to it if B fails.

B) Install XP Tablet edition from your hypothetical install kit as an
upgrade to the existing XP-Pro installation. I suspect this will only
work if the activation key you have is XP Tablet edition.
--
Peter R Cook

On May 30, 7:56 am, Invalid <n...@wisty.plus.com.invalid> wrote:
> In message <1180450344.967889.212...@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
> DawofWar2...******.com writes
>
> >Thanks for your reply Terry.
> >Well, what about this scenario: let's say I got my hands on a copy of
> >TabletEdition, and was able to install it on a desktop using a 3.5"
> >HD with an adapter, but then when I place the HD in myTC1000it won't
> >boot at all. Keep in mind that the BIOS on theTC1000see the drive
> >just fine.
>
> I would not expect this to work. The Windows installer will have
> installed drivers for the desktop's motherboard, graphics and disk
> controllers. Swapping the drive to thetabletmeans that most of the
> drivers in the boot image will be the wrong ones.
>
> >Also, using the same "hypothetical" install discs and
> >trying directly on theTC1000(via an external USB2.0 drive which is
> >also recognized by BIOS) windows installer crashes right after copying
> >files (it crashes right after the installer says "starting windows") I
> >then get a "blue screen of death" with the usual message: windows has
> >stopped to prevent damage blah blah blah...please check for disk
> >errors blah blah blah...
> >I don't think it's the drive though (the same drive works fine on
> >other PCs).
>
> This is a similar problem. I am not sure what you mean by installing via
> an external USB2.0 drive.
>
> If you are copying the install CD onto the USB2.0 drive, then doing the
> install to theTablet'shard drive, it is likely that the windows
> installer isn't loading the drivers for the USB external drive, and
> consequently can't see the rest of the install files.
>
> If however you are trying to install XP to the USB2.0 external drive,
> then again the windows installer is not loading appropriate drivers for
> the USB drive as the system disk.
>
> >I'll try Compaq and see what they say about the CDs. Again, thanks for
> >your time.
> >v/r
> >Tony.
>
> I suggest that what you need to do given that you have a copy of XP-Pro
> running on thetablet, is to
> A) make an image of the existingTabletDrive so that you can get back
> to it if B fails.
>
> B) Install XPTabletedition from your hypothetical install kit as an
> upgrade to the existing XP-Pro installation. I suspect this will only
> work if the activation key you have is XPTabletedition.
> --
> Peter R Cook

Latest and greatest people:
I finally got my "hypothetical" copy of Tablet Edition to install
through an external USB2.0 DVD drive; I think the problem was with my
original external drive: as Terri said, the TC1000 probably needs
specific ones to boot from (needy bastard!). However, now it asks me
for a registration key every time I reboot!!! It takes the key I'm
using (does not give me an error) though...

On May 30, 11:57 am, DawofWar2...******.com wrote:
> On May 30, 7:56 am, Invalid <n...@wisty.plus.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>
> > In message <1180450344.967889.212...@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
> > DawofWar2...******.com writes
>
> > >Thanks for your reply Terry.
> > >Well, what about this scenario: let's say I got my hands on a copy of
> > >TabletEdition, and was able to install it on a desktop using a 3.5"
> > >HD with an adapter, but then when I place the HD in myTC1000it won't
> > >boot at all. Keep in mind that the BIOS on theTC1000see the drive
> > >just fine.
>
> > I would not expect this to work. The Windows installer will have
> > installed drivers for the desktop's motherboard, graphics and disk
> > controllers. Swapping the drive to thetabletmeans that most of the
> > drivers in the boot image will be the wrong ones.
>
> > >Also, using the same "hypothetical" install discs and
> > >trying directly on theTC1000(via an external USB2.0 drive which is
> > >also recognized by BIOS) windows installer crashes right after copying
> > >files (it crashes right after the installer says "starting windows") I
> > >then get a "blue screen of death" with the usual message: windows has
> > >stopped to prevent damage blah blah blah...please check for disk
> > >errors blah blah blah...
> > >I don't think it's the drive though (the same drive works fine on
> > >other PCs).
>
> > This is a similar problem. I am not sure what you mean by installing via
> > an external USB2.0 drive.
>
> > If you are copying the install CD onto the USB2.0 drive, then doing the
> > install to theTablet'shard drive, it is likely that the windows
> > installer isn't loading the drivers for the USB external drive, and
> > consequently can't see the rest of the install files.
>
> > If however you are trying to install XP to the USB2.0 external drive,
> > then again the windows installer is not loading appropriate drivers for
> > the USB drive as the system disk.
>
> > >I'll try Compaq and see what they say about the CDs. Again, thanks for
> > >your time.
> > >v/r
> > >Tony.
>
> > I suggest that what you need to do given that you have a copy of XP-Pro
> > running on thetablet, is to
> > A) make an image of the existingTabletDrive so that you can get back
> > to it if B fails.
>
> > B) Install XPTabletedition from your hypothetical install kit as an
> > upgrade to the existing XP-Pro installation. I suspect this will only
> > work if the activation key you have is XPTabletedition.
> > --
> > Peter R Cook
>
> Latest and greatest people:
> I finally got my "hypothetical" copy ofTabletEdition to install
> through an external USB2.0 DVD drive; I think the problem was with my
> original external drive: as Terri said, theTC1000probably needs
> specific ones to boot from (needy bastard!). However, now it asks me
> for a registration key every time I reboot!!! It takes the key I'm
> using (does not give me an error) though...

Does anyone know where I can find a key generator for Tablet Ed.?!?
=D

I think that a Microsoft newsgroup isn't the best place to be asking that
question.
--
Terri Stratton
Microsoft Featured Community
http://thetabletpc.net
Forums - http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
Microsoft Windows MVP- Tablet PC

<DawofWar2005******.com> wrote in message
news:1180607985.156771.68300@w5g2000hsg.googlegrou ps.com...
> On May 30, 11:57 am, DawofWar2...******.com wrote:
>> On May 30, 7:56 am, Invalid <n...@wisty.plus.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > In message <1180450344.967889.212...@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
>> > DawofWar2...******.com writes
>>
>> > >Thanks for your reply Terry.
>> > >Well, what about this scenario: let's say I got my hands on a copy of
>> > >TabletEdition, and was able to install it on a desktop using a 3.5"
>> > >HD with an adapter, but then when I place the HD in myTC1000it won't
>> > >boot at all. Keep in mind that the BIOS on theTC1000see the drive
>> > >just fine.
>>
>> > I would not expect this to work. The Windows installer will have
>> > installed drivers for the desktop's motherboard, graphics and disk
>> > controllers. Swapping the drive to thetabletmeans that most of the
>> > drivers in the boot image will be the wrong ones.
>>
>> > >Also, using the same "hypothetical" install discs and
>> > >trying directly on theTC1000(via an external USB2.0 drive which is
>> > >also recognized by BIOS) windows installer crashes right after copying
>> > >files (it crashes right after the installer says "starting windows") I
>> > >then get a "blue screen of death" with the usual message: windows has
>> > >stopped to prevent damage blah blah blah...please check for disk
>> > >errors blah blah blah...
>> > >I don't think it's the drive though (the same drive works fine on
>> > >other PCs).
>>
>> > This is a similar problem. I am not sure what you mean by installing
>> > via
>> > an external USB2.0 drive.
>>
>> > If you are copying the install CD onto the USB2.0 drive, then doing the
>> > install to theTablet'shard drive, it is likely that the windows
>> > installer isn't loading the drivers for the USB external drive, and
>> > consequently can't see the rest of the install files.
>>
>> > If however you are trying to install XP to the USB2.0 external drive,
>> > then again the windows installer is not loading appropriate drivers for
>> > the USB drive as the system disk.
>>
>> > >I'll try Compaq and see what they say about the CDs. Again, thanks for
>> > >your time.
>> > >v/r
>> > >Tony.
>>
>> > I suggest that what you need to do given that you have a copy of XP-Pro
>> > running on thetablet, is to
>> > A) make an image of the existingTabletDrive so that you can get back
>> > to it if B fails.
>>
>> > B) Install XPTabletedition from your hypothetical install kit as an
>> > upgrade to the existing XP-Pro installation. I suspect this will only
>> > work if the activation key you have is XPTabletedition.
>> > --
>> > Peter R Cook
>>
>> Latest and greatest people:
>> I finally got my "hypothetical" copy ofTabletEdition to install
>> through an external USB2.0 DVD drive; I think the problem was with my
>> original external drive: as Terri said, theTC1000probably needs
>> specific ones to boot from (needy bastard!). However, now it asks me
>> for a registration key every time I reboot!!! It takes the key I'm
>> using (does not give me an error) though...
>
> Does anyone know where I can find a key generator for Tablet Ed.?!?
> =D
>