Problem with Windows 7 and Wacom Tablet


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    Problem with Windows 7 and Wacom Tablet


    Hello members of Seven Forums! This is my first post here, and I'm not too familiar with the forums, but I am looking forward to be a part of the community :)

    Anyway, since I have seen lots of useful solutions to most of my Win 7 problems, I am posting a problem which I am experiencing with my Wacom Tablet and Windows 7.

    I got a Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet for Christmas 2009, and was using it with my old computer.
    When I got a new PC last year I plugged my Tablet into the computers and Windows installed its drivers and I installed its additional included drivers through its installation CD.
    For months, everything was working fine and I got these additional cool features, such as an effect every time I tap or double tap on the screen (A little circle would go outwards from the pointer), get to draw on Stickies, which is handy for me as it is like a checklist, and the handwriting feature on Messenger 2010 would detect pressure, meaning the harder I press, the thicker the line is and vice versa.

    All these features seemed to disappear after I changed one setting; disabling the 'Hold to Right Click' features as it was disallowing me to draw smoothly on my painting software and I already have a button for that on my pen. Then, the features stated just disappeared and I have no idea what caused them.
    I have tried re-enabling the hold to right click feature and re-plugging in the device numerous times with no luck.

    I don't know whether this is a hardware issue or caused by a Windows Update. The tablet still works fine with the computer, just all the things are gone.
    What should I do?

    PS: I went into Task manager to find 2 process under the name 'wisptis.exe', described as "Microsoft Pen And Touch Input Component". There should only be one running, and one is using more memory than the other. When I try to terminate one of them, it says "Access is denied".
    This is ... weird.

    If anyone needs to no my specs they are all on my profile.
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    You need to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them.

    It is best to make sure all traces of the drivers are wiped with this;

    Phyxion.net - Driver Sweeper

    and then reinstall.

    Regards....Mike Connor
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    Thread Starter
       #3

    Ok, I will try that. Thank you for your help.
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    Tekfreak said:
    Ok, I will try that. Thank you for your help.
    My pleasure.

    Regards....Mike Connor
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    Okay, I successfully uninstalled the drivers, now going to download the application you suggested to see if there are any leftover traces of them. I have made a restore point in case something goes wrong and cleaned leftover registry keys using Glary Utilities.
    Lets see if this works.
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    Turns out it was an option I changed that disabled all those features. I did mentioned that I changed the hold to right click option, and I realised that was the culprit of the problem. It didn't work when I re-enabled it at first but when I started scrolling with the pen (by holding the top button) all the features came back. That was really weird, but at least I fixed it.

    Thank you Mike Connor for your help. :)
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    Tekfreak said:
    Turns out it was an option I changed that disabled all those features. I did mentioned that I changed the hold to right click option, and I realised that was the culprit of the problem. It didn't work when I re-enabled it at first but when I started scrolling with the pen (by holding the top button) all the features came back. That was really weird, but at least I fixed it.

    Thank you Mike Connor for your help. :)
    My pleasure. Glad to hear you got it working again.

    My tablet has done this twice, ( although I did not change any settings), and I have had it with others, and I had to reinstall the drivers. Sorry if you had the work for nothing!

    Regards....Mike Connor
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