Wacom Tablet- Blinking Cursor Problem

[bfortuna]

I have a tablet which I love to use for Photoshop work.. It works great except that some one at Windows decided that it would be a good idea to have animated cursors. A ripple effect occurs everytime I click and animated circle show up everytime I right click or hold down the cursor.

Working with artwork these effects are incredibly ANNOYING, esp since I am clicking all the time and these effects ubstruct my view! Not to mention they are completely useless. I think I know when I am right clicking or clicking and don't see why I need this annimation to tell me that.

Does anyone know where I can turn these effects off? I looked in the control panel under Pen and touch but I couldn't find anything.

I do not think these effects should be standard in the Windows Seven Release. Perhaps they can be truned on as an accesibility feature for those who want it.

Best

Ben

 

[BugMeister]

I don't think it's accessible via the Pen and Touch options, or even in the WACOM pad's own interface
- try in the Control Panel under Mouse..

one of the options under "Pointers" is to "Allow Windows themes to change mouse pointers"
- it's done by un-ticking that box near the bottom..

- see if this makes any difference..

 

[kestrel]

I'm experiencing the same problems. As far as I can tell this is a windows issue.
I figured out how to disable the ripples, unfortunately, the only way to do it is to disable the tablet pc functions that are built in to windows.

Add Remove Programs---> Turn Windows features on/off--> remove tablet pc components. Reboot.

Your tablet will still function as a mouse. Photoshop works fine for me. But the inking features in word/pp/excel stop working, which I require.

Windows, you dropped the ball AGAIN! It's not hard to create a dialog like the "mouse pointers" dialog to address this issue.

ripples splash windows 7 tablet pc circles disable

 

[BugMeister]

- did you switch "Flicks" off in the Systray..??
- WACOM advise this to prevent Windows stealing the controls..

 

[kestrel]

Flicks is indeed off, at least on my machine.

I have two tablets, one is Adesso the other is Wacom. Both experience the same behavior.

It is clearly a windows 7/vista(?) feature. I believe it is to highlight where the 'click' was made on a touchscreen/tablet.

 

[BugMeister]

bingo..!!
http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/11375-wacom-tablet-ring-round-pen-cursor.html

 

[kestrel]

Re: Hold and right click.

This is not my problem. Hold-for-right-click is a different feature. I experience splashes on taps not on holds. The right click feature is a circular ring [strike]of blue dots[/strike] that rotates. The splashing is an outward radiating ring of concentric circles.

Disabling right-click and hold gets rid of the circular ring [strike]of blue dots[/strike], but not the splashing during the taps.

 

[kestrel]

See image.

 

[bfortuna]

Any answers?

Has anyone found out anything? This is a pretty annoying, at least for those of us who do photoshop work. My tablet has been sitting on my desk unused for a while. Is there a way to contact the windows seven development team?

Windows seven is by far an improvement, but this renders my tablet useless. I can't work with blinking lights and rings over my artwork!

Best,

Ben

 

[kestrel]

Ben,

If you do not need the ink features in MS word/excel then you can get rid of the splashing by uninstalling the Tablet PC Components in the Turn Windows Features On/Off section of Add/Remove Programs.

 

[bfortuna]

Kestrel,

I did try that but for some reason it didn't work for me. I double checked its unchecked and I have restarted my computer twice now. Maybe it was something else you did to solve the problem?

Man. . . . computers can be so frustrating. I'm just learning to live with it. I don't have time to become a full time IT guy, I have work to do! Is there a way to contact a Windows rep? They don't have any tech support do they?

Best,

Ben


Best,

Ben

 

[kestrel]

Yes. The behavior is inconsistent which leads me to think it's driver related as well.

I have this image in my mind of the windows driver fighting the Wacom driver.

But seriously, it is annoying. Why does the same solution not necessarily work for the other person?

And why does Microsoft have it in for professional tablet users? There are so many aspects of Microsoft's we-assume-everybody-is-a-moron design strategy that are just appalling.

Check this one out: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuabLfaiEGM"]YouTube - Microsoft Ink "Features"[/ame]

 

[BAM5]

I've figured out what the "ripple" or "splash" effect is when you click with the pen. Windows considers it to be a pen "flick" which is a shortcut of sorts. Now even if you don't have pen flicks enabled it considers it to be one. So to turn off the effect goto

Control Panel -> Hardware -> Pen and Touch

Navigate to the flicks tab.

At the bottom there'll be a check box for "Displaying flicks in notification area"

Hmmm, I just turned it back on and it's not doing anything. I suppose it was just enabling pen flicks, then disabling. Try that. I can't validate since mine's already fixed. Have fun

 

[Boris]

I am still on RC7100 and also have this annoying ripple in Photoshop. Can somebody with windows 7 RTM confirm if this problem still exists?

(windows journal and paint dont show the ripple...)

 

[kestrel]

I can confirm the problem in both Build 7100 and the RTM. (x64 for both)

I am using an Adesso cybertablet and a Wacom Bamboo Fun. The splashing problem does not occur for the Bamboo in either version, but does occur for the Adesso.
Windows drivers also hijack the functionality of both the secondary button on the Adesso and the Bamboo. Which is supremely annoying. Windows ONLY allows you to bind the secondary button on the pen to ONE thing: right click.

 

[habester]

Solution for splash rings

This was posted on another website, worked for me!
Open command, then type in gpedit for the first instruction.


I have found the solution:

Open Local Group Policy Editor. It is quite hidden - search for it in Windows Start menu or in Control panel - use the search box as I have not found the shortcut for it. Alternatively you can run gpedit from command line (not from Run in Start menu).

Navigate to User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Tablet PC - Cursor.

Enable the Turn off pen feedback setting.

 

[Boris]

Gonna try this tonight. Hope it works

 

[Disk4mat]

Thanks habester

Works just great for me. The tap+hold for right clicking still shows the cursor, but thats not so bad really.

 

[Boris]

This was posted on another website, worked for me!
Open command, then type in gpedit for the first instruction.


I have found the solution:

Open Local Group Policy Editor. It is quite hidden - search for it in Windows Start menu or in Control panel - use the search box as I have not found the shortcut for it. Alternatively you can run gpedit from command line (not from Run in Start menu).

Navigate to User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Tablet PC - Cursor.

Enable the Turn off pen feedback setting.

Wow, it works!!! Thanks a lot!!!

 

[kestrel]

Yes it does work!

I found out how to get rid of all animations and prevent windows from managing the second and third buttons!

Group Policy Editor--->


User Configuration--->Admin Templates--->Windows Components

---->Cursors---> Turn off pen feedback
---->Hardware Buttons--->Turn off hardware buttons (No more hijacking of second and third button functions by windows drivers!)
---->Hardware Buttons---> Prevent press and hold

And that takes care of everything...
Turn all of these setting on by right clicking---> edit and turning them on.