hi,

i have installed win xp tabletpc edition on my (standard) desktop computer
(cd from msdn). this computer has a wacom intuos2-tablet attached via usb.
after i installed the intuos2-drivers, i could use the pen; no problem.
everything seems to work fine (handwriting recognition).

-but-

as i see it, the intuos2 is not really a tabletpc-compatible (penabled?)
input device, because the "write everywhere" feature tells me that it hasn't
found any pen-hardware. i installed xpsp2 to see if that would help, but no
luck.
on the wacom support site, i found that it is supposed to work when you have
a cintiq together with an intuos, but i haven't found information about
intuos alone. mailing support didn't help either...

is there anyone who is using such configuration? any hints are very
welcome...

thanks
franz

Since I've got a Tablet PC, and not a developer, I haven't installed on a
desktop, Franz. However, there are known limitations to the "ink" produced
on that type of installation because there are no digitizers installation on
the normal desktop. Your handwriting (ink) sampling is going to be an
incomplete experience because a writing pad samples at the same rate as your
normal mouse, whereas the Tablet PC digitizers sample at more than triple
the mouse rate.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Franz Strele" <franz.strele@synergis.at> wrote in message
news:%23qNRpd7UEHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> hi,
>
> i have installed win xp tabletpc edition on my (standard) desktop computer
> (cd from msdn). this computer has a wacom intuos2-tablet attached via usb.
> after i installed the intuos2-drivers, i could use the pen; no problem.
> everything seems to work fine (handwriting recognition).
>
> -but-
>
> as i see it, the intuos2 is not really a tabletpc-compatible (penabled?)
> input device, because the "write everywhere" feature tells me that it
> hasn't
> found any pen-hardware. i installed xpsp2 to see if that would help, but
> no
> luck.
> on the wacom support site, i found that it is supposed to work when you
> have
> a cintiq together with an intuos, but i haven't found information about
> intuos alone. mailing support didn't help either...
>
> is there anyone who is using such configuration? any hints are very
> welcome...
>
> thanks
> franz
>
>

Franz,

I believe there is a PEN-nabled driver available on the wacom website.
This is not the normal Intous2 driver. Go to this URL

http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm

There is a small FAQ at the bottom of the page that talks about running
the TabletPC version of windows on a desktop with a Wacom external
tablet. Make sure you read that. You will also have to install the
most recent TabletPC sdk as well.

Hope this helps.
john


Chris H. wrote:

> Since I've got a Tablet PC, and not a developer, I haven't installed on a
> desktop, Franz. However, there are known limitations to the "ink" produced
> on that type of installation because there are no digitizers installation on
> the normal desktop. Your handwriting (ink) sampling is going to be an
> incomplete experience because a writing pad samples at the same rate as your
> normal mouse, whereas the Tablet PC digitizers sample at more than triple
> the mouse rate

hi,

thanks for your help guys. i already tried this driver, and it did not work.
but this was without the sdk installed, so i'll give that another try...

thanks again
franz

"John Wildes" <john_wildes@ars.aon.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Franz,
>
> I believe there is a PEN-nabled driver available on the wacom website.
> This is not the normal Intous2 driver. Go to this URL
>
> http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm
>
> There is a small FAQ at the bottom of the page that talks about running
> the TabletPC version of windows on a desktop with a Wacom external
> tablet. Make sure you read that. You will also have to install the
> most recent TabletPC sdk as well.
>
> Hope this helps.
> john
>
>
> Chris H. wrote:
>
> > Since I've got a Tablet PC, and not a developer, I haven't installed on
a
> > desktop, Franz. However, there are known limitations to the "ink"
produced
> > on that type of installation because there are no digitizers
installation on
> > the normal desktop. Your handwriting (ink) sampling is going to be an
> > incomplete experience because a writing pad samples at the same rate as
your
> > normal mouse, whereas the Tablet PC digitizers sample at more than
triple
> > the mouse rate

i have now installed the 1.5 sdk and then the mentioned driver and now
everything works as expected :-)

thanks again for your help
franz

"Franz Strele" <franz.strele@synergis.at> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ud%23taPDVEHA.1048@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> hi,
>
> thanks for your help guys. i already tried this driver, and it did not
work.
> but this was without the sdk installed, so i'll give that another try...
>
> thanks again
> franz
>
> "John Wildes" <john_wildes@ars.aon.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:%23yynph9UEHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Franz,
> >
> > I believe there is a PEN-nabled driver available on the wacom website.
> > This is not the normal Intous2 driver. Go to this URL
> >
> > http://www.wacom.com/tabletpc/driver.cfm
> >
> > There is a small FAQ at the bottom of the page that talks about running
> > the TabletPC version of windows on a desktop with a Wacom external
> > tablet. Make sure you read that. You will also have to install the
> > most recent TabletPC sdk as well.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > john
> >
> >
> > Chris H. wrote:
> >
> > > Since I've got a Tablet PC, and not a developer, I haven't installed
on
> a
> > > desktop, Franz. However, there are known limitations to the "ink"
> produced
> > > on that type of installation because there are no digitizers
> installation on
> > > the normal desktop. Your handwriting (ink) sampling is going to be an
> > > incomplete experience because a writing pad samples at the same rate
as
> your
> > > normal mouse, whereas the Tablet PC digitizers sample at more than
> triple
> > > the mouse rate
>
>