Windows 7, 3DS Max, and weird Wacom tablet problem...

El Burritoh

I've got a problem with my Wacom tablet in W7 and 3ds Max 2010. I'm sure I'm not the only one who, when installing Windows 7, quickly disables the TabletPC junk. I usually disable it entirely by turning off the service for it in Computer Management.


But when I run Max, it partially re-enables itself, and I can't use a stylus in Max without my expensive, state-of-the-art, intelligent, desktop workstation thinking it's a tablet PC and messing up my workflow. I say it's "partial" because if I look at the service for it, it's still listed as "disabled." But the effects of it are visible in Max, and carry over outside of Max for some time. I have to close Max, log out, and log back in to get rid of the tablet PC stuff.

Has anyone else encountered this?

throttlekitty

You may need to re-enable the service. Go through the control panel options for Pen&tablet, and disable all the features there first. Then nuke the shit out of the service.

Mio

- Go to your Device Manager
- Disable (don’t delete!) the Wacom Virtual HID device
- Restart Windows
- Enjoy


working good for me.

3dsmax 2009/2010 win7 64bit

silversteez

there are a few threads on problems like, including one i started awhile back. you sound like you're in the same boat as me. i tried every hack i could find online for disabling the various tablet services in windows, but nothing totally fixed it...i would think it was fixed for 10 minutes, and then something would go reactivate, etc etc. i don't have to do much personal work at home so i sort of gave up on it and ended putting my tablet in "mouse" mode for max (which totally sucks).

wish i could be of more help, but if you do manage to fix your problems i'd love to hear what you did.

SpeCter

My solution was to rip the service out of my Win7 Install DVD completely.No messing around with disabling it and stuff.

El Burritoh

Thanks guys, this helps. I'll try what I can and see what happens.

Specter, I suspect your method may be the best in the long run.


I'm surprised there aren't more standard ways of dealing with this, considering how many artists are using Windows 7. The whole Tablet PC thing is the dumbest thing I've ever seen, and makes me wonder why it even ships with an OS for a desktop machine. Are they anticipating a lot of Cintiq users?

It sucks because otherwise, W7 is actually pretty cool...

El Burritoh

Mio wrote: »

- Go to your Device Manager
- Disable (don’t delete!) the Wacom Virtual HID device
- Restart Windows
- Enjoy


working good for me.

3dsmax 2009/2010 win7 64bit

Won't this disable my wacom tablet? I don't want to do that... I want to keep Max from re-enabling the Tablet PC crap.

Mio

no. the wacom tablet works fine with those setting. just get rid of those annoying win7/vista tablet PC features...

pior

some more things to try :

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7desktop/thread/7152da79-7c00-4af7-bb9a-c69f5dd3b3f8