I have a machine xppro that we have connected to a large itneractive whiteboad.
Is using XP Tablet Edition an option. We currently have very little
functionality in the provided software for the board and wanted to explore
some other options..

You are not supposed to install XP Tablet Edition on a non-Tablet computer
except for development purposes, but I assume it will work to connect an
actual Tablet PC to a digital whiteboard. I've suggested this to a nearby
school that got digital whiteboards as part of a multi-million dollar grant,
but the teachers were resistant to trying so I never got to plug in the
Tablet PC (which tells you something about the downsides to multi-million
dollar grants to schools).

Programs such as Math Journal work almost normally on regular XP and should
be great on a digital whiteboard, but I didn't get to try that either.

Let us know what you find. This is a very important way to spread the
advantages of Tablet PCs to lots of people.

"ChrisL" <ChrisL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a machine xppro that we have connected to a large itneractive
>whiteboad.
> Is using XP Tablet Edition an option. We currently have very little
> functionality in the provided software for the board and wanted to explore
> some other options..

Like Mickey said, Tablet PC Edition is only licensed to OEM's or developers.
Windows Vista, however, will not have this licensing restriction.

But what functionality are you expecting from Tablet PC Edition? Basically
it just adds handwriting recognition and the input panel. You probably have
no use for either of these without a touchscreen or digitizer. You could
instead install OneNote if you're just trying to get something to write on
the screen with.

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"ChrisL" <ChrisL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a machine xppro that we have connected to a large itneractive
>whiteboad.
> Is using XP Tablet Edition an option. We currently have very little
> functionality in the provided software for the board and wanted to explore
> some other options..

Mickey Segal wrote:
> I've
> suggested this to a nearby school that got digital whiteboards as
> part of a multi-million dollar grant, but the teachers were
> resistant
> to trying so I never got to plug in the Tablet PC (which tells you
> something about the downsides to multi-million dollar grants to
> schools).

Only too true, Mickey!!! [siiiiigh]

Rainald