Hi there!
I'm VERY UNHAPPY with my TABLET-PC!!!(Read below, to see why...I do
apologize for the length of the email...)

If anyone has had similar problems with the NEC VERSA LitePad, or any other
Tablet-PC, running Windows XP Tablet Edition, SP2, then I would really
appreciate your advice on how to solve these problems or on how to improve
performance!
Best regards,
Daniel Aspegren
------------------
PARTS OF EMAIL TO MICROSOFT/NEC:


Some of the problems that I experience, may not be Microsofts fault, but
others surely are.. (Don't worry- I'll CC this email to NEC, as well and
add the points that regard the low quality of their product....)

I am using a NEC VERSA LitePad,

( I just had some very aggrevating last 10minutes, trying to complete the
last sentence, but the screen freezes up and various windows pop up, if I use
the Caps Lock-button; a new problem,that I haven't even noticed before...
VERY IRRITATING STUFF!!!! )

a tablet-pc, with a 933 Mhz Intel Pentium3 with 256 MB RAM and a 20GB
hard-drive. (quite old technology- I agree...However, I've owned computers in
the early ninetys, such as the Apple Powerbook 100, which I used for quite
advanced stuff at the time, such as connecting to the net via Nokia 2110
cell-phone and pc-card-modem, later also various palm-tops, such as: Apple
Newton, Psion 3 + 3C, Ericsson MC12 and Palm Tungsten T, but those computers
and palm-tops all had one thing in common; they could all handle simple
word-processing, not surprisingly! However; my (fairly) modern tablet-pc
cannot handle word-processing !!! Some of it is due to the low-quality
key-board and mouse, but my main problems might well be caused by various
bugs in the OS...)
I do realise that this is a very CHEAP product, costing only slightly more
than 1000 USD (which is indeed small change, in the country where I now
live..), but one would still expect it to have the basic capabilities of a
COMPUTER !!! (Such as word-processing!)

So, here comes the COMPLAINTS:

* Every 5 minutes or so, the pointer jumps all over the screen; normally
ending up in the lower right corner of the screen, where it double-clicks,
on its own initiative, then starting the "Time and date properties"-window.
Sometimes as many as 10 windows will start, before I can do anything about
it. This now, obviously, chokes the processor completely and sometimes so
badly that the computer crashes.This has happened many times, since I bought
the computer, 3 months ago. It will happen, both when only using the stylus
and also when the mouse is connected via USB..

* Using the handwriting- or speech- functions willl instantly choke the
processor (I always run the computer with the Windows Task Manager open,
since it crashes so often and also to sometimes let me avoid crashing the
system, by shutting down applications.. (Now, for example, I never play MP3's
on it, since that alone will crash/choke the processor...So- now I only use
my old MMX Pentium (266 MHz), for this task, since it never crashes while
playing MP3's...)

* Starting up the computer, after having kept it in "Stand-by mode", will
often cause it to crash completely.If it doesn't, then it will be so slow to
start up, that I could easily have had time to start it up 2-3 times, after a
complete shut-down. This makes the Stand-by function useless..

* A bunch of other complaints, which may or may not have to do with XP
Tablet Edition,, so I will not trouble you with all of that
information....However- I just noticed that the computer can't handle having
the "Caps Lock"-button pressed and then released, as this will make
various windows pop up.. Also - various signals from this sub-standard
key-board will not reach the processor. (For example, the space-bar will
normally not produce a space, when pressed, but other keys will "get stuck"
and produce 2-4 letters instead of one and sometimes the space-bar will do
the same.....).
The sub-standard mouse will often make the application-window flash up and
down on the screen, as if I was fiddling with the scrolling-wheel. The
sub-standard external CD-ROM, will only work with some CD's. It cannot read
some of my CD's, even if it is a commercially manufactured music-CD. (This
doesn't matter much, though- since the Windows Media Player will generally
crash or slow down my system anyway, to an unacceptable extent....) I now
play these CD's on my +5 years old PentiumMMX...

SO- What have I done to DESERVE this ???
Well; except the obvious (buying your product:), I am using my computers
with various software that I have downloaded. (Some SW, as for example SW
for calculating decompression in technical-diving/CCR-diving, are not
commercially available, to the same quality as the free-ware (see
"V-planner").
HOWEVER- I've had these problems, since taking the product out of the
wrapping, so there can't be much of a connection, between the newly
installed SW and the problems.

AND- What have I done, NOT to DESERVE this ???
I have installed Service Pack 2 and I also use Computer Associates EZ Trust
Antivirus software, keeping it updated on a weekly basis. I also run Yahoo!
Toolbar, running their Anti Spy-ware and pop-up blocker (so now, the only
pop-ups that I have to worry about and suffer from, are the ones that
WINDOWS XP Tablet Edition, creates for me, every 5 minutes or so...


FINALLY- What can YOU do for ME ???

I would hope (but certainly not expect:) that a responsible company (are you
one??) would have realised, at least some of, these faults, before I did and,
hence, have come out with some updates/patches, dealing with your problems
and faults....
HAVE YOU ??? IF you have, then I would indeed appreciate information about
the same.
OR- What else can you do for me??? Refund me my money ? Let me test out a
better, updated product for you? Or just replace the product that I have,
hoping that these problems are just a stroke of "bad luck" ?

WHY should You EVEN CARE???
Because I, along with most people that will read this email/article, am the
MARKET.
We pay you, who read this, your salary, through buying your products.
You will not go out of business- neither tomorrow, nor next year.... BUT-
you might loose out on an exciting segment of the market (The more
adventurous part of the market, that have bought and will again buy, more
unusual products, such as Tablet-PC's and Palm-tops).
This segment will, more than most, influence and guide the other, less
interested, segments of the market.

WHAT can I DO to help YOU ???
I have included the information below, to help you answer my criticism or to
help you improve your product. I will also publish this email (and maybe your
response..) in a suitable discussion -forum, asking for info on how to make
your product (XP Tablet Ed.)useable.
I will also supply you with further info, to the best of my knowledge and
availability. So if you do have further questions (as I hope you DO!),
please email me back!
In the meantime, I hope that the spreading of this information, might
prevent other consumers of making uninformed decisions, such as buying this
type of Tablet-PC, before any improvements are made...
I would think that your software would be a lot better already, if all of
your customers were as difficult as I am...

SO- What do I LIKE with this product???
The weight is only 1 kg/2,2 lb and it doesn't take up much more space than
a regular frisbee...
Maybe the designer realised, at an early stage, that many customers in the
future will indeed treat their product as a regular frisbee and throw it far,
far away ;-)

Best, but dissatisfied, regards,
Daniel Aspegren
Cayman Islands, BWI



OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DANIEL
System Manufacturer NEC
System Model VL-PAD-933
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~398 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date NEC NOTE BIOS Version /355A0302, 1/30/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name DANIEL\Administrator
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.50 MB
Available Physical Memory 33.02 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 582.79 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Daniel, since you've listed your issues, could you expand on what you've
tried to correct the problems? Have you updated your drivers since
installing Windows XP SP2 and the Tablet PC Edition 2005? You might start
there.

Have you looked in Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Event Viewer to see if
there are yellow triangles with black exclamation points or red circles with
white X's in them? Those can be right-clicked, with Properties selected to
view a portion of the error and perhaps lead to solutions.

You list that you're running a Yahoo toolbar with a pop-up blocker. Do you
realize XP SP2 includes that in the updates to Internet Explorer, if you're
using that browser?

Have you looked into adding RAM to your system? The 256 you're currently
running is "okay" but the sweet spot for Windows XP is 512, and could
eliminate a goodly portion of the "choking" since you wouldn't be forcing
the CPU to handle everything and would eliminate caching to the hard drive
in a lot of instances.

A lot of these complaints are very similar to issues seen with hijacking
software, malware, Trojans and spyware, too. I would suggest you visit
www.aumha.org/secure.htm and use some of the free programs listed to make
sure your system is absolutely clean.

Keep in mind, too, that this newsgroup is peer support, therefore there are
no "official" Microsoft responses here, just assistance from other users
just like you.

Unless you're in a work environment where NNTP newsgroups are blocked, I
would suggest using a news reader (Outlook Express works very well, and you
already have it on your system) to access Microsoft's newsgroups via the
msnews.microsoft.com news server. There's no logon or password required,
and it is free to anyone around the world.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Daniel" <Daniel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F436DD6-9BE9-4578-A843-7091FD624688@microsoft.com...
> Hi there!
> I'm VERY UNHAPPY with my TABLET-PC!!!(Read below, to see why...I do
> apologize for the length of the email...)
>
> If anyone has had similar problems with the NEC VERSA LitePad, or any
> other
> Tablet-PC, running Windows XP Tablet Edition, SP2, then I would really
> appreciate your advice on how to solve these problems or on how to improve
> performance!
> Best regards,
> Daniel Aspegren
> ------------------
> PARTS OF EMAIL TO MICROSOFT/NEC:
>
>
> Some of the problems that I experience, may not be Microsofts fault, but
> others surely are.. (Don't worry- I'll CC this email to NEC, as well and
> add the points that regard the low quality of their product....)
>
> I am using a NEC VERSA LitePad,
>
> ( I just had some very aggrevating last 10minutes, trying to complete the
> last sentence, but the screen freezes up and various windows pop up, if I
> use
> the Caps Lock-button; a new problem,that I haven't even noticed before...
> VERY IRRITATING STUFF!!!! )
>
> a tablet-pc, with a 933 Mhz Intel Pentium3 with 256 MB RAM and a 20GB
> hard-drive. (quite old technology- I agree...However, I've owned computers
> in
> the early ninetys, such as the Apple Powerbook 100, which I used for quite
> advanced stuff at the time, such as connecting to the net via Nokia 2110
> cell-phone and pc-card-modem, later also various palm-tops, such as: Apple
> Newton, Psion 3 + 3C, Ericsson MC12 and Palm Tungsten T, but those
> computers
> and palm-tops all had one thing in common; they could all handle simple
> word-processing, not surprisingly! However; my (fairly) modern tablet-pc
> cannot handle word-processing !!! Some of it is due to the low-quality
> key-board and mouse, but my main problems might well be caused by various
> bugs in the OS...)
> I do realise that this is a very CHEAP product, costing only slightly
> more
> than 1000 USD (which is indeed small change, in the country where I now
> live..), but one would still expect it to have the basic capabilities of a
> COMPUTER !!! (Such as word-processing!)
>
> So, here comes the COMPLAINTS:
>
> * Every 5 minutes or so, the pointer jumps all over the screen; normally
> ending up in the lower right corner of the screen, where it
> double-clicks,
> on its own initiative, then starting the "Time and date
> properties"-window.
> Sometimes as many as 10 windows will start, before I can do anything about
> it. This now, obviously, chokes the processor completely and sometimes so
> badly that the computer crashes.This has happened many times, since I
> bought
> the computer, 3 months ago. It will happen, both when only using the
> stylus
> and also when the mouse is connected via USB..
>
> * Using the handwriting- or speech- functions willl instantly choke the
> processor (I always run the computer with the Windows Task Manager open,
> since it crashes so often and also to sometimes let me avoid crashing the
> system, by shutting down applications.. (Now, for example, I never play
> MP3's
> on it, since that alone will crash/choke the processor...So- now I only
> use
> my old MMX Pentium (266 MHz), for this task, since it never crashes while
> playing MP3's...)
>
> * Starting up the computer, after having kept it in "Stand-by mode", will
> often cause it to crash completely.If it doesn't, then it will be so slow
> to
> start up, that I could easily have had time to start it up 2-3 times,
> after a
> complete shut-down. This makes the Stand-by function useless..
>
> * A bunch of other complaints, which may or may not have to do with XP
> Tablet Edition,, so I will not trouble you with all of that
> information....However- I just noticed that the computer can't handle
> having
> the "Caps Lock"-button pressed and then released, as this will make
> various windows pop up.. Also - various signals from this sub-standard
> key-board will not reach the processor. (For example, the space-bar will
> normally not produce a space, when pressed, but other keys will "get
> stuck"
> and produce 2-4 letters instead of one and sometimes the space-bar will do
> the same.....).
> The sub-standard mouse will often make the application-window flash up and
> down on the screen, as if I was fiddling with the scrolling-wheel. The
> sub-standard external CD-ROM, will only work with some CD's. It cannot
> read
> some of my CD's, even if it is a commercially manufactured music-CD. (This
> doesn't matter much, though- since the Windows Media Player will
> generally
> crash or slow down my system anyway, to an unacceptable extent....) I now
> play these CD's on my +5 years old PentiumMMX...
>
> SO- What have I done to DESERVE this ???
> Well; except the obvious (buying your product:), I am using my computers
> with various software that I have downloaded. (Some SW, as for example
> SW
> for calculating decompression in technical-diving/CCR-diving, are not
> commercially available, to the same quality as the free-ware (see
> "V-planner").
> HOWEVER- I've had these problems, since taking the product out of the
> wrapping, so there can't be much of a connection, between the newly
> installed SW and the problems.
>
> AND- What have I done, NOT to DESERVE this ???
> I have installed Service Pack 2 and I also use Computer Associates EZ
> Trust
> Antivirus software, keeping it updated on a weekly basis. I also run
> Yahoo!
> Toolbar, running their Anti Spy-ware and pop-up blocker (so now, the
> only
> pop-ups that I have to worry about and suffer from, are the ones that
> WINDOWS XP Tablet Edition, creates for me, every 5 minutes or so...
>
>
> FINALLY- What can YOU do for ME ???
>
> I would hope (but certainly not expect:) that a responsible company (are
> you
> one??) would have realised, at least some of, these faults, before I did
> and,
> hence, have come out with some updates/patches, dealing with your problems
> and faults....
> HAVE YOU ??? IF you have, then I would indeed appreciate information about
> the same.
> OR- What else can you do for me??? Refund me my money ? Let me test out a
> better, updated product for you? Or just replace the product that I have,
> hoping that these problems are just a stroke of "bad luck" ?
>
> WHY should You EVEN CARE???
> Because I, along with most people that will read this email/article, am
> the
> MARKET.
> We pay you, who read this, your salary, through buying your products.
> You will not go out of business- neither tomorrow, nor next year.... BUT-
> you might loose out on an exciting segment of the market (The more
> adventurous part of the market, that have bought and will again buy, more
> unusual products, such as Tablet-PC's and Palm-tops).
> This segment will, more than most, influence and guide the other, less
> interested, segments of the market.
>
> WHAT can I DO to help YOU ???
> I have included the information below, to help you answer my criticism or
> to
> help you improve your product. I will also publish this email (and maybe
> your
> response..) in a suitable discussion -forum, asking for info on how to
> make
> your product (XP Tablet Ed.)useable.
> I will also supply you with further info, to the best of my knowledge and
> availability. So if you do have further questions (as I hope you DO!),
> please email me back!
> In the meantime, I hope that the spreading of this information, might
> prevent other consumers of making uninformed decisions, such as buying
> this
> type of Tablet-PC, before any improvements are made...
> I would think that your software would be a lot better already, if all of
> your customers were as difficult as I am...
>
> SO- What do I LIKE with this product???
> The weight is only 1 kg/2,2 lb and it doesn't take up much more space
> than
> a regular frisbee...
> Maybe the designer realised, at an early stage, that many customers in
> the
> future will indeed treat their product as a regular frisbee and throw it
> far,
> far away ;-)
>
> Best, but dissatisfied, regards,
> Daniel Aspegren
> Cayman Islands, BWI
>
>
>
> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> System Name DANIEL
> System Manufacturer NEC
> System Model VL-PAD-933
> System Type X86-based PC
> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~398 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date NEC NOTE BIOS Version /355A0302, 1/30/2003
> SMBIOS Version 2.3
> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
> Locale United States
> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
> User Name DANIEL\Administrator
> Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
> Total Physical Memory 256.50 MB
> Available Physical Memory 33.02 MB
> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
> Page File Space 582.79 MB
> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>
>

"Daniel" <Daniel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F436DD6-9BE9-4578-A843-7091FD624688@microsoft.com...
> Hi there!
> I'm VERY UNHAPPY with my TABLET-PC!!!(Read below, to see why...I do
> apologize for the length of the email...)
>
> If anyone has had similar problems with the NEC VERSA LitePad, or any
> other
> Tablet-PC, running Windows XP Tablet Edition, SP2, then I would really
> appreciate your advice on how to solve these problems or on how to improve
> performance!
> Best regards,
> Daniel Aspegren
> ------------------
> PARTS OF EMAIL TO MICROSOFT/NEC:
>
>
> Some of the problems that I experience, may not be Microsofts fault, but
> others surely are.. (Don't worry- I'll CC this email to NEC, as well and
> add the points that regard the low quality of their product....)
>
> I am using a NEC VERSA LitePad,
>
> ( I just had some very aggrevating last 10minutes, trying to complete the
> last sentence, but the screen freezes up and various windows pop up, if I
> use
> the Caps Lock-button; a new problem,that I haven't even noticed before...
> VERY IRRITATING STUFF!!!! )
>
> a tablet-pc, with a 933 Mhz Intel Pentium3 with 256 MB RAM and a 20GB
> hard-drive. (quite old technology- I agree...However, I've owned computers
> in
> the early ninetys, such as the Apple Powerbook 100, which I used for quite
> advanced stuff at the time, such as connecting to the net via Nokia 2110
> cell-phone and pc-card-modem, later also various palm-tops, such as: Apple
> Newton, Psion 3 + 3C, Ericsson MC12 and Palm Tungsten T, but those
> computers
> and palm-tops all had one thing in common; they could all handle simple
> word-processing, not surprisingly! However; my (fairly) modern tablet-pc
> cannot handle word-processing !!! Some of it is due to the low-quality
> key-board and mouse, but my main problems might well be caused by various
> bugs in the OS...)
> I do realise that this is a very CHEAP product, costing only slightly
> more
> than 1000 USD (which is indeed small change, in the country where I now
> live..), but one would still expect it to have the basic capabilities of a
> COMPUTER !!! (Such as word-processing!)
>
> So, here comes the COMPLAINTS:
>
> * Every 5 minutes or so, the pointer jumps all over the screen; normally
> ending up in the lower right corner of the screen, where it
> double-clicks,
> on its own initiative, then starting the "Time and date
> properties"-window.
> Sometimes as many as 10 windows will start, before I can do anything about
> it. This now, obviously, chokes the processor completely and sometimes so
> badly that the computer crashes.This has happened many times, since I
> bought
> the computer, 3 months ago. It will happen, both when only using the
> stylus
> and also when the mouse is connected via USB..
>
> * Using the handwriting- or speech- functions willl instantly choke the
> processor (I always run the computer with the Windows Task Manager open,
> since it crashes so often and also to sometimes let me avoid crashing the
> system, by shutting down applications.. (Now, for example, I never play
> MP3's
> on it, since that alone will crash/choke the processor...So- now I only
> use
> my old MMX Pentium (266 MHz), for this task, since it never crashes while
> playing MP3's...)
>
> * Starting up the computer, after having kept it in "Stand-by mode", will
> often cause it to crash completely.If it doesn't, then it will be so slow
> to
> start up, that I could easily have had time to start it up 2-3 times,
> after a
> complete shut-down. This makes the Stand-by function useless..
>
> * A bunch of other complaints, which may or may not have to do with XP
> Tablet Edition,, so I will not trouble you with all of that
> information....However- I just noticed that the computer can't handle
> having
> the "Caps Lock"-button pressed and then released, as this will make
> various windows pop up.. Also - various signals from this sub-standard
> key-board will not reach the processor. (For example, the space-bar will
> normally not produce a space, when pressed, but other keys will "get
> stuck"
> and produce 2-4 letters instead of one and sometimes the space-bar will do
> the same.....).
> The sub-standard mouse will often make the application-window flash up and
> down on the screen, as if I was fiddling with the scrolling-wheel. The
> sub-standard external CD-ROM, will only work with some CD's. It cannot
> read
> some of my CD's, even if it is a commercially manufactured music-CD. (This
> doesn't matter much, though- since the Windows Media Player will
> generally
> crash or slow down my system anyway, to an unacceptable extent....) I now
> play these CD's on my +5 years old PentiumMMX...
>
> SO- What have I done to DESERVE this ???
> Well; except the obvious (buying your product:), I am using my computers
> with various software that I have downloaded. (Some SW, as for example
> SW
> for calculating decompression in technical-diving/CCR-diving, are not
> commercially available, to the same quality as the free-ware (see
> "V-planner").
> HOWEVER- I've had these problems, since taking the product out of the
> wrapping, so there can't be much of a connection, between the newly
> installed SW and the problems.
>
> AND- What have I done, NOT to DESERVE this ???
> I have installed Service Pack 2 and I also use Computer Associates EZ
> Trust
> Antivirus software, keeping it updated on a weekly basis. I also run
> Yahoo!
> Toolbar, running their Anti Spy-ware and pop-up blocker (so now, the
> only
> pop-ups that I have to worry about and suffer from, are the ones that
> WINDOWS XP Tablet Edition, creates for me, every 5 minutes or so...
>
>
> FINALLY- What can YOU do for ME ???
>
> I would hope (but certainly not expect:) that a responsible company (are
> you
> one??) would have realised, at least some of, these faults, before I did
> and,
> hence, have come out with some updates/patches, dealing with your problems
> and faults....
> HAVE YOU ??? IF you have, then I would indeed appreciate information about
> the same.
> OR- What else can you do for me??? Refund me my money ? Let me test out a
> better, updated product for you? Or just replace the product that I have,
> hoping that these problems are just a stroke of "bad luck" ?
>
> WHY should You EVEN CARE???
> Because I, along with most people that will read this email/article, am
> the
> MARKET.
> We pay you, who read this, your salary, through buying your products.
> You will not go out of business- neither tomorrow, nor next year.... BUT-
> you might loose out on an exciting segment of the market (The more
> adventurous part of the market, that have bought and will again buy, more
> unusual products, such as Tablet-PC's and Palm-tops).
> This segment will, more than most, influence and guide the other, less
> interested, segments of the market.
>
> WHAT can I DO to help YOU ???
> I have included the information below, to help you answer my criticism or
> to
> help you improve your product. I will also publish this email (and maybe
> your
> response..) in a suitable discussion -forum, asking for info on how to
> make
> your product (XP Tablet Ed.)useable.
> I will also supply you with further info, to the best of my knowledge and
> availability. So if you do have further questions (as I hope you DO!),
> please email me back!
> In the meantime, I hope that the spreading of this information, might
> prevent other consumers of making uninformed decisions, such as buying
> this
> type of Tablet-PC, before any improvements are made...
> I would think that your software would be a lot better already, if all of
> your customers were as difficult as I am...
>
> SO- What do I LIKE with this product???
> The weight is only 1 kg/2,2 lb and it doesn't take up much more space
> than
> a regular frisbee...
> Maybe the designer realised, at an early stage, that many customers in
> the
> future will indeed treat their product as a regular frisbee and throw it
> far,
> far away ;-)
>
> Best, but dissatisfied, regards,
> Daniel Aspegren
> Cayman Islands, BWI
>
>
>
> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> System Name DANIEL
> System Manufacturer NEC
> System Model VL-PAD-933
> System Type X86-based PC
> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~398 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date NEC NOTE BIOS Version /355A0302, 1/30/2003
> SMBIOS Version 2.3
> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
> Locale United States
> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
> User Name DANIEL\Administrator
> Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
> Total Physical Memory 256.50 MB
> Available Physical Memory 33.02 MB
> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
> Page File Space 582.79 MB
> Page File C:\pagefile.sys


If Yahoo Companion is installed start by uninstalling that.
Turn off any other popup blockers and turn on the SP2 popup blocker.
Do something about your attitude. We are all volunteers here.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx

I think that your main isse is that you are not skilled with computers
at all...

I am not saying those problems are not real for you but it is more like
something is wrong (badly) with your NEC/XP, maybe wrong installation of
drivers etc.

If you received Sysytem Restore CD try to re-install complete OS; if you
have isse with that then ask somebody arround to do that...

Isses which you're describing are not typical at all for normal
behaviour of computer software, even if it's comming from Microsoft :-))))

Just advice...

Daniel wrote:
> Hi there!
> I'm VERY UNHAPPY with my TABLET-PC!!!(Read below, to see why...I do
> apologize for the length of the email...)
>
> If anyone has had similar problems with the NEC VERSA LitePad, or any other
> Tablet-PC, running Windows XP Tablet Edition, SP2, then I would really
> appreciate your advice on how to solve these problems or on how to improve
> performance!
> Best regards,
> Daniel Aspegren
> ------------------
> PARTS OF EMAIL TO MICROSOFT/NEC:
>
>
> Some of the problems that I experience, may not be Microsofts fault, but
> others surely are.. (Don't worry- I'll CC this email to NEC, as well and
> add the points that regard the low quality of their product....)
>
> I am using a NEC VERSA LitePad,
>
> ( I just had some very aggrevating last 10minutes, trying to complete the
> last sentence, but the screen freezes up and various windows pop up, if I use
> the Caps Lock-button; a new problem,that I haven't even noticed before...
> VERY IRRITATING STUFF!!!! )
>
> a tablet-pc, with a 933 Mhz Intel Pentium3 with 256 MB RAM and a 20GB
> hard-drive. (quite old technology- I agree...However, I've owned computers in
> the early ninetys, such as the Apple Powerbook 100, which I used for quite
> advanced stuff at the time, such as connecting to the net via Nokia 2110
> cell-phone and pc-card-modem, later also various palm-tops, such as: Apple
> Newton, Psion 3 + 3C, Ericsson MC12 and Palm Tungsten T, but those computers
> and palm-tops all had one thing in common; they could all handle simple
> word-processing, not surprisingly! However; my (fairly) modern tablet-pc
> cannot handle word-processing !!! Some of it is due to the low-quality
> key-board and mouse, but my main problems might well be caused by various
> bugs in the OS...)
> I do realise that this is a very CHEAP product, costing only slightly more
> than 1000 USD (which is indeed small change, in the country where I now
> live..), but one would still expect it to have the basic capabilities of a
> COMPUTER !!! (Such as word-processing!)
>
> So, here comes the COMPLAINTS:
>
> * Every 5 minutes or so, the pointer jumps all over the screen; normally
> ending up in the lower right corner of the screen, where it double-clicks,
> on its own initiative, then starting the "Time and date properties"-window.
> Sometimes as many as 10 windows will start, before I can do anything about
> it. This now, obviously, chokes the processor completely and sometimes so
> badly that the computer crashes.This has happened many times, since I bought
> the computer, 3 months ago. It will happen, both when only using the stylus
> and also when the mouse is connected via USB..
>
> * Using the handwriting- or speech- functions willl instantly choke the
> processor (I always run the computer with the Windows Task Manager open,
> since it crashes so often and also to sometimes let me avoid crashing the
> system, by shutting down applications.. (Now, for example, I never play MP3's
> on it, since that alone will crash/choke the processor...So- now I only use
> my old MMX Pentium (266 MHz), for this task, since it never crashes while
> playing MP3's...)
>
> * Starting up the computer, after having kept it in "Stand-by mode", will
> often cause it to crash completely.If it doesn't, then it will be so slow to
> start up, that I could easily have had time to start it up 2-3 times, after a
> complete shut-down. This makes the Stand-by function useless..
>
> * A bunch of other complaints, which may or may not have to do with XP
> Tablet Edition,, so I will not trouble you with all of that
> information....However- I just noticed that the computer can't handle having
> the "Caps Lock"-button pressed and then released, as this will make
> various windows pop up.. Also - various signals from this sub-standard
> key-board will not reach the processor. (For example, the space-bar will
> normally not produce a space, when pressed, but other keys will "get stuck"
> and produce 2-4 letters instead of one and sometimes the space-bar will do
> the same.....).
> The sub-standard mouse will often make the application-window flash up and
> down on the screen, as if I was fiddling with the scrolling-wheel. The
> sub-standard external CD-ROM, will only work with some CD's. It cannot read
> some of my CD's, even if it is a commercially manufactured music-CD. (This
> doesn't matter much, though- since the Windows Media Player will generally
> crash or slow down my system anyway, to an unacceptable extent....) I now
> play these CD's on my +5 years old PentiumMMX...
>
> SO- What have I done to DESERVE this ???
> Well; except the obvious (buying your product:), I am using my computers
> with various software that I have downloaded. (Some SW, as for example SW
> for calculating decompression in technical-diving/CCR-diving, are not
> commercially available, to the same quality as the free-ware (see
> "V-planner").
> HOWEVER- I've had these problems, since taking the product out of the
> wrapping, so there can't be much of a connection, between the newly
> installed SW and the problems.
>
> AND- What have I done, NOT to DESERVE this ???
> I have installed Service Pack 2 and I also use Computer Associates EZ Trust
> Antivirus software, keeping it updated on a weekly basis. I also run Yahoo!
> Toolbar, running their Anti Spy-ware and pop-up blocker (so now, the only
> pop-ups that I have to worry about and suffer from, are the ones that
> WINDOWS XP Tablet Edition, creates for me, every 5 minutes or so...
>
>
> FINALLY- What can YOU do for ME ???
>
> I would hope (but certainly not expect:) that a responsible company (are you
> one??) would have realised, at least some of, these faults, before I did and,
> hence, have come out with some updates/patches, dealing with your problems
> and faults....
> HAVE YOU ??? IF you have, then I would indeed appreciate information about
> the same.
> OR- What else can you do for me??? Refund me my money ? Let me test out a
> better, updated product for you? Or just replace the product that I have,
> hoping that these problems are just a stroke of "bad luck" ?
>
> WHY should You EVEN CARE???
> Because I, along with most people that will read this email/article, am the
> MARKET.
> We pay you, who read this, your salary, through buying your products.
> You will not go out of business- neither tomorrow, nor next year.... BUT-
> you might loose out on an exciting segment of the market (The more
> adventurous part of the market, that have bought and will again buy, more
> unusual products, such as Tablet-PC's and Palm-tops).
> This segment will, more than most, influence and guide the other, less
> interested, segments of the market.
>
> WHAT can I DO to help YOU ???
> I have included the information below, to help you answer my criticism or to
> help you improve your product. I will also publish this email (and maybe your
> response..) in a suitable discussion -forum, asking for info on how to make
> your product (XP Tablet Ed.)useable.
> I will also supply you with further info, to the best of my knowledge and
> availability. So if you do have further questions (as I hope you DO!),
> please email me back!
> In the meantime, I hope that the spreading of this information, might
> prevent other consumers of making uninformed decisions, such as buying this
> type of Tablet-PC, before any improvements are made...
> I would think that your software would be a lot better already, if all of
> your customers were as difficult as I am...
>
> SO- What do I LIKE with this product???
> The weight is only 1 kg/2,2 lb and it doesn't take up much more space than
> a regular frisbee...
> Maybe the designer realised, at an early stage, that many customers in the
> future will indeed treat their product as a regular frisbee and throw it far,
> far away ;-)
>
> Best, but dissatisfied, regards,
> Daniel Aspegren
> Cayman Islands, BWI
>
>
>
> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> System Name DANIEL
> System Manufacturer NEC
> System Model VL-PAD-933
> System Type X86-based PC
> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~398 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date NEC NOTE BIOS Version /355A0302, 1/30/2003
> SMBIOS Version 2.3
> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
> Locale United States
> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
> User Name DANIEL\Administrator
> Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
> Total Physical Memory 256.50 MB
> Available Physical Memory 33.02 MB
> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
> Page File Space 582.79 MB
> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>
>

Moron...

I should have spell checked everything...



binarg wrote:
> I think that your main isse is that you are not skilled with computers
> at all...
>
> I am not saying those problems are not real for you but it is more like
> something is wrong (badly) with your NEC/XP, maybe wrong installation of
> drivers etc.
>
> If you received Sysytem Restore CD try to re-install complete OS; if you
> have isse with that then ask somebody arround to do that...
>
> Isses which you're describing are not typical at all for normal
> behaviour of computer software, even if it's comming from Microsoft :-))))
>
> Just advice...
>
> Daniel wrote:
>
>> Hi there!
>> I'm VERY UNHAPPY with my TABLET-PC!!!(Read below, to see why...I do
>> apologize for the length of the email...)
>>
>> If anyone has had similar problems with the NEC VERSA LitePad, or any
>> other Tablet-PC, running Windows XP Tablet Edition, SP2, then I would
>> really appreciate your advice on how to solve these problems or on how
>> to improve performance!
>> Best regards,
>> Daniel Aspegren
>> ------------------
>> PARTS OF EMAIL TO MICROSOFT/NEC:
>>
>>
>> Some of the problems that I experience, may not be Microsofts fault,
>> but others surely are.. (Don't worry- I'll CC this email to NEC, as
>> well and add the points that regard the low quality of their
>> product....)
>>
>> I am using a NEC VERSA LitePad,
>>
>> ( I just had some very aggrevating last 10minutes, trying to
>> complete the last sentence, but the screen freezes up and various
>> windows pop up, if I use the Caps Lock-button; a new problem,that I
>> haven't even noticed before... VERY IRRITATING STUFF!!!! )
>>
>> a tablet-pc, with a 933 Mhz Intel Pentium3 with 256 MB RAM and a 20GB
>> hard-drive. (quite old technology- I agree...However, I've owned
>> computers in the early ninetys, such as the Apple Powerbook 100, which
>> I used for quite advanced stuff at the time, such as connecting to the
>> net via Nokia 2110 cell-phone and pc-card-modem, later also various
>> palm-tops, such as: Apple Newton, Psion 3 + 3C, Ericsson MC12 and
>> Palm Tungsten T, but those computers and palm-tops all had one thing
>> in common; they could all handle simple word-processing, not
>> surprisingly! However; my (fairly) modern tablet-pc cannot handle
>> word-processing !!! Some of it is due to the low-quality key-board
>> and mouse, but my main problems might well be caused by various bugs
>> in the OS...)
>> I do realise that this is a very CHEAP product, costing only slightly
>> more than 1000 USD (which is indeed small change, in the country where
>> I now live..), but one would still expect it to have the basic
>> capabilities of a COMPUTER !!! (Such as word-processing!)
>>
>> So, here comes the COMPLAINTS:
>>
>> * Every 5 minutes or so, the pointer jumps all over the screen;
>> normally ending up in the lower right corner of the screen, where it
>> double-clicks, on its own initiative, then starting the "Time and date
>> properties"-window. Sometimes as many as 10 windows will start,
>> before I can do anything about it. This now, obviously, chokes the
>> processor completely and sometimes so badly that the computer
>> crashes.This has happened many times, since I bought the computer, 3
>> months ago. It will happen, both when only using the stylus and also
>> when the mouse is connected via USB..
>>
>> * Using the handwriting- or speech- functions willl instantly choke
>> the processor (I always run the computer with the Windows Task
>> Manager open, since it crashes so often and also to sometimes let me
>> avoid crashing the system, by shutting down applications.. (Now, for
>> example, I never play MP3's on it, since that alone will crash/choke
>> the processor...So- now I only use my old MMX Pentium (266 MHz), for
>> this task, since it never crashes while playing MP3's...)
>>
>> * Starting up the computer, after having kept it in "Stand-by mode",
>> will often cause it to crash completely.If it doesn't, then it will
>> be so slow to start up, that I could easily have had time to start it
>> up 2-3 times, after a complete shut-down. This makes the Stand-by
>> function useless..
>>
>> * A bunch of other complaints, which may or may not have to do with
>> XP Tablet Edition,, so I will not trouble you with all of that
>> information....However- I just noticed that the computer can't handle
>> having the "Caps Lock"-button pressed and then released, as this
>> will make various windows pop up.. Also - various signals from this
>> sub-standard key-board will not reach the processor. (For example,
>> the space-bar will normally not produce a space, when pressed, but
>> other keys will "get stuck" and produce 2-4 letters instead of one and
>> sometimes the space-bar will do the same.....).
>> The sub-standard mouse will often make the application-window flash up
>> and down on the screen, as if I was fiddling with the scrolling-wheel.
>> The sub-standard external CD-ROM, will only work with some CD's. It
>> cannot read some of my CD's, even if it is a commercially manufactured
>> music-CD. (This doesn't matter much, though- since the Windows Media
>> Player will generally crash or slow down my system anyway, to an
>> unacceptable extent....) I now play these CD's on my +5 years old
>> PentiumMMX...
>>
>> SO- What have I done to DESERVE this ???
>> Well; except the obvious (buying your product:), I am using my
>> computers with various software that I have downloaded. (Some SW,
>> as for example SW for calculating decompression in
>> technical-diving/CCR-diving, are not commercially available, to the
>> same quality as the free-ware (see "V-planner").
>> HOWEVER- I've had these problems, since taking the product out of the
>> wrapping, so there can't be much of a connection, between the newly
>> installed SW and the problems.
>>
>> AND- What have I done, NOT to DESERVE this ???
>> I have installed Service Pack 2 and I also use Computer Associates EZ
>> Trust Antivirus software, keeping it updated on a weekly basis. I
>> also run Yahoo! Toolbar, running their Anti Spy-ware and pop-up
>> blocker (so now, the only pop-ups that I have to worry about and
>> suffer from, are the ones that WINDOWS XP Tablet Edition, creates for
>> me, every 5 minutes or so...
>>
>>
>> FINALLY- What can YOU do for ME ???
>>
>> I would hope (but certainly not expect:) that a responsible company
>> (are you one??) would have realised, at least some of, these faults,
>> before I did and, hence, have come out with some updates/patches,
>> dealing with your problems and faults....
>> HAVE YOU ??? IF you have, then I would indeed appreciate information
>> about the same.
>> OR- What else can you do for me??? Refund me my money ? Let me test
>> out a better, updated product for you? Or just replace the product
>> that I have, hoping that these problems are just a stroke of "bad
>> luck" ?
>>
>> WHY should You EVEN CARE???
>> Because I, along with most people that will read this email/article,
>> am the MARKET.
>> We pay you, who read this, your salary, through buying your products.
>> You will not go out of business- neither tomorrow, nor next year....
>> BUT- you might loose out on an exciting segment of the market (The
>> more adventurous part of the market, that have bought and will again
>> buy, more unusual products, such as Tablet-PC's and Palm-tops).
>> This segment will, more than most, influence and guide the other, less
>> interested, segments of the market.
>>
>> WHAT can I DO to help YOU ???
>> I have included the information below, to help you answer my criticism
>> or to help you improve your product. I will also publish this email
>> (and maybe your response..) in a suitable discussion -forum, asking
>> for info on how to make your product (XP Tablet Ed.)useable.
>> I will also supply you with further info, to the best of my knowledge
>> and availability. So if you do have further questions (as I hope
>> you DO!), please email me back!
>> In the meantime, I hope that the spreading of this information, might
>> prevent other consumers of making uninformed decisions, such as buying
>> this type of Tablet-PC, before any improvements are made...
>> I would think that your software would be a lot better already, if all
>> of your customers were as difficult as I am...
>>
>> SO- What do I LIKE with this product???
>> The weight is only 1 kg/2,2 lb and it doesn't take up much more space
>> than a regular frisbee...
>> Maybe the designer realised, at an early stage, that many customers
>> in the future will indeed treat their product as a regular frisbee and
>> throw it far, far away ;-)
>>
>> Best, but dissatisfied, regards,
>> Daniel Aspegren
>> Cayman Islands, BWI
>>
>>
>>
>> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
>> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
>> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
>> System Name DANIEL
>> System Manufacturer NEC
>> System Model VL-PAD-933
>> System Type X86-based PC
>> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~398 Mhz
>> BIOS Version/Date NEC NOTE BIOS Version /355A0302, 1/30/2003
>> SMBIOS Version 2.3
>> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
>> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
>> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
>> Locale United States
>> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
>> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
>> User Name DANIEL\Administrator
>> Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
>> Total Physical Memory 256.50 MB
>> Available Physical Memory 33.02 MB
>> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
>> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
>> Page File Space 582.79 MB
>> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>>
>>

That's why we're here as peers to assist people in learning what they can
and should be doing with their systems. Everyone needs to start somewhere,
which is one of the reasons I voluntarily assist people. About 30 years
ago, people helped me, and I hope I'm repaying them. I also hope Pay It
Forward works, because if I help you do something you can't or don't know,
you should also freely help someone else with something they can't do or
don't understand.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"binarg" <binarg********.com> wrote in message
news:41f11a48$0$11966$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>I think that your main isse is that you are not skilled with computers at
>all...
>
> I am not saying those problems are not real for you but it is more like
> something is wrong (badly) with your NEC/XP, maybe wrong installation of
> drivers etc.
>
> If you received Sysytem Restore CD try to re-install complete OS; if you
> have isse with that then ask somebody arround to do that...
>
> Isses which you're describing are not typical at all for normal behaviour
> of computer software, even if it's comming from Microsoft :-))))
>
> Just advice...
>
> Daniel wrote:
>> Hi there!
>> I'm VERY UNHAPPY with my TABLET-PC!!!(Read below, to see why...I do
>> apologize for the length of the email...)
>>
>> If anyone has had similar problems with the NEC VERSA LitePad, or any
>> other Tablet-PC, running Windows XP Tablet Edition, SP2, then I would
>> really appreciate your advice on how to solve these problems or on how to
>> improve performance!
>> Best regards,
>> Daniel Aspegren
>> ------------------
>> PARTS OF EMAIL TO MICROSOFT/NEC:
>>
>>
>> Some of the problems that I experience, may not be Microsofts fault, but
>> others surely are.. (Don't worry- I'll CC this email to NEC, as well
>> and add the points that regard the low quality of their product....)
>>
>> I am using a NEC VERSA LitePad,
>>
>> ( I just had some very aggrevating last 10minutes, trying to complete
>> the last sentence, but the screen freezes up and various windows pop up,
>> if I use the Caps Lock-button; a new problem,that I haven't even noticed
>> before... VERY IRRITATING STUFF!!!! )
>>
>> a tablet-pc, with a 933 Mhz Intel Pentium3 with 256 MB RAM and a 20GB
>> hard-drive. (quite old technology- I agree...However, I've owned
>> computers in the early ninetys, such as the Apple Powerbook 100, which I
>> used for quite advanced stuff at the time, such as connecting to the net
>> via Nokia 2110 cell-phone and pc-card-modem, later also various
>> palm-tops, such as: Apple Newton, Psion 3 + 3C, Ericsson MC12 and Palm
>> Tungsten T, but those computers and palm-tops all had one thing in
>> common; they could all handle simple word-processing, not surprisingly!
>> However; my (fairly) modern tablet-pc cannot handle word-processing !!!
>> Some of it is due to the low-quality key-board and mouse, but my main
>> problems might well be caused by various bugs in the OS...)
>> I do realise that this is a very CHEAP product, costing only slightly
>> more than 1000 USD (which is indeed small change, in the country where I
>> now live..), but one would still expect it to have the basic capabilities
>> of a COMPUTER !!! (Such as word-processing!)
>>
>> So, here comes the COMPLAINTS:
>>
>> * Every 5 minutes or so, the pointer jumps all over the screen; normally
>> ending up in the lower right corner of the screen, where it
>> double-clicks, on its own initiative, then starting the "Time and date
>> properties"-window. Sometimes as many as 10 windows will start, before I
>> can do anything about it. This now, obviously, chokes the processor
>> completely and sometimes so badly that the computer crashes.This has
>> happened many times, since I bought the computer, 3 months ago. It will
>> happen, both when only using the stylus and also when the mouse is
>> connected via USB..
>>
>> * Using the handwriting- or speech- functions willl instantly choke the
>> processor (I always run the computer with the Windows Task Manager open,
>> since it crashes so often and also to sometimes let me avoid crashing the
>> system, by shutting down applications.. (Now, for example, I never play
>> MP3's on it, since that alone will crash/choke the processor...So- now I
>> only use my old MMX Pentium (266 MHz), for this task, since it never
>> crashes while playing MP3's...)
>>
>> * Starting up the computer, after having kept it in "Stand-by mode",
>> will often cause it to crash completely.If it doesn't, then it will be
>> so slow to start up, that I could easily have had time to start it up 2-3
>> times, after a complete shut-down. This makes the Stand-by function
>> useless..
>>
>> * A bunch of other complaints, which may or may not have to do with XP
>> Tablet Edition,, so I will not trouble you with all of that
>> information....However- I just noticed that the computer can't handle
>> having the "Caps Lock"-button pressed and then released, as this will
>> make various windows pop up.. Also - various signals from this
>> sub-standard key-board will not reach the processor. (For example, the
>> space-bar will normally not produce a space, when pressed, but other
>> keys will "get stuck" and produce 2-4 letters instead of one and
>> sometimes the space-bar will do the same.....).
>> The sub-standard mouse will often make the application-window flash up
>> and down on the screen, as if I was fiddling with the scrolling-wheel.
>> The sub-standard external CD-ROM, will only work with some CD's. It
>> cannot read some of my CD's, even if it is a commercially manufactured
>> music-CD. (This doesn't matter much, though- since the Windows Media
>> Player will generally crash or slow down my system anyway, to an
>> unacceptable extent....) I now play these CD's on my +5 years old
>> PentiumMMX...
>>
>> SO- What have I done to DESERVE this ???
>> Well; except the obvious (buying your product:), I am using my computers
>> with various software that I have downloaded. (Some SW, as for example
>> SW for calculating decompression in technical-diving/CCR-diving, are not
>> commercially available, to the same quality as the free-ware (see
>> "V-planner").
>> HOWEVER- I've had these problems, since taking the product out of the
>> wrapping, so there can't be much of a connection, between the newly
>> installed SW and the problems.
>>
>> AND- What have I done, NOT to DESERVE this ???
>> I have installed Service Pack 2 and I also use Computer Associates EZ
>> Trust Antivirus software, keeping it updated on a weekly basis. I also
>> run Yahoo! Toolbar, running their Anti Spy-ware and pop-up blocker (so
>> now, the only pop-ups that I have to worry about and suffer from, are
>> the ones that WINDOWS XP Tablet Edition, creates for me, every 5 minutes
>> or so...
>>
>>
>> FINALLY- What can YOU do for ME ???
>>
>> I would hope (but certainly not expect:) that a responsible company (are
>> you one??) would have realised, at least some of, these faults, before I
>> did and, hence, have come out with some updates/patches, dealing with
>> your problems and faults....
>> HAVE YOU ??? IF you have, then I would indeed appreciate information
>> about the same.
>> OR- What else can you do for me??? Refund me my money ? Let me test out a
>> better, updated product for you? Or just replace the product that I have,
>> hoping that these problems are just a stroke of "bad luck" ?
>>
>> WHY should You EVEN CARE???
>> Because I, along with most people that will read this email/article, am
>> the MARKET.
>> We pay you, who read this, your salary, through buying your products.
>> You will not go out of business- neither tomorrow, nor next year.... BUT-
>> you might loose out on an exciting segment of the market (The more
>> adventurous part of the market, that have bought and will again buy, more
>> unusual products, such as Tablet-PC's and Palm-tops).
>> This segment will, more than most, influence and guide the other, less
>> interested, segments of the market.
>>
>> WHAT can I DO to help YOU ???
>> I have included the information below, to help you answer my criticism or
>> to help you improve your product. I will also publish this email (and
>> maybe your response..) in a suitable discussion -forum, asking for info
>> on how to make your product (XP Tablet Ed.)useable.
>> I will also supply you with further info, to the best of my knowledge and
>> availability. So if you do have further questions (as I hope you DO!),
>> please email me back!
>> In the meantime, I hope that the spreading of this information, might
>> prevent other consumers of making uninformed decisions, such as buying
>> this type of Tablet-PC, before any improvements are made...
>> I would think that your software would be a lot better already, if all of
>> your customers were as difficult as I am...
>>
>> SO- What do I LIKE with this product???
>> The weight is only 1 kg/2,2 lb and it doesn't take up much more space
>> than a regular frisbee...
>> Maybe the designer realised, at an early stage, that many customers in
>> the future will indeed treat their product as a regular frisbee and throw
>> it far, far away ;-)
>>
>> Best, but dissatisfied, regards,
>> Daniel Aspegren
>> Cayman Islands, BWI
>>
>>
>>
>> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
>> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
>> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
>> System Name DANIEL
>> System Manufacturer NEC
>> System Model VL-PAD-933
>> System Type X86-based PC
>> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~398 Mhz
>> BIOS Version/Date NEC NOTE BIOS Version /355A0302, 1/30/2003
>> SMBIOS Version 2.3
>> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
>> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
>> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
>> Locale United States
>> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
>> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
>> User Name DANIEL\Administrator
>> Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
>> Total Physical Memory 256.50 MB
>> Available Physical Memory 33.02 MB
>> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
>> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
>> Page File Space 582.79 MB
>> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>>

Wow, I wish I saw this post a year ago. I could have saved you some angst. Pretty much all of your problems are RAM related. Windows XP itself takes up about 200+MB of RAM and you're only working with 240MB's (The video adapter shares 16MB's of your 256MB's of main memory). Add in all of that garbage you're running on startup: anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc.) and it's no wonder that your computer crawls. You're swapping out to page-space everytime XP goes to another thread.

Your best bet is to upgrade to 512MB of RAM which will allow your computer to run from main memory instead of running to the hard drive constantly. Or you could install Win98. The tablet you have could run Win98 like a champ. Add in Evernote for handwriting recognition and you'd have a tablet that screamed.

Hello Daniel,
I know how frustrating these issues can be.
I would suggest that since you are addressing a group that does this stuff for free and didn't make the software/hardware you are using that you tone down the attitude a bit.

I have been using an NEC VersaLite for several years. It was my first tablet. It worked so well that I no longer use a conventional laptop. I "ink" exclusively. I have since moved to a Motion LE-1600 to handle some battery life issues and well as getting a "view anywhere" type screen for my outdoor work. I still use the NEC as a backup machine since I make my living on these things. It still works fine.

I also use the hand writting recognition system almost exclusively, only resorting to a USB keyboard when a lot of text needs to be entered. The hand writting recognition is excellent!

I think that starting over with a fresh install from the restore disks would go a long way toward solving some problems you are having. Next, uninstall all the "crapware" that almost every maker gives you as a way to make more money by getting you to buy other programs they think you might like. (in reality, they just make more money for the links)

Now install all updates to Windows. Install the newest Wacom drivers. (this should handle the "dancing cursor" issues)

Get rid of third party crapware. (think I said that already)

Most definitely upgrade the RAM to 512 with a new soDIM. Very easy and cheap thing to do and the most bang for the buck. As someone suggested earlier, this is your major problem. You are trying to do to much at one time for the given configuration. This is what's "choking" your system, not a bad computer.