[Win7] using tablet and pen issues

torN · 25 Oct 2009 at 01:57

Well its not really an issue more of an annoyance. I have wacom bamboo pen and touch. It works perfectly in win7 however when i press down with the pen windows plays this stupid ring animation around where ive pressed.

I knew how to get rid of it in vista but for the life on me i cant find the option to turn it off. Its very very annoying when using PS and doing mulitple strokes and this ring animation keeps playing!

heres a pic

any ideas of how to get rid of it?!

Moredhel · 25 Oct 2009 at 02:10

You have to turn off the Tablet PC Input Service in services.msc

Unfortunately it means you lose the built in handwriting recognition options.

[Edit] A quick google seems to indicate that turning off Press and Hold in the Pen and Touch settings may also fix it, but I have no pen and touch device on this computer at home, so I can't check that for you.

torN · 25 Oct 2009 at 11:48

Moredhel said:
You have to turn off the Tablet PC Input Service in services.msc

Unfortunately it means you lose the built in handwriting recognition options.

[Edit] A quick google seems to indicate that turning off Press and Hold in the Pen and Touch settings may also fix it, but I have no pen and touch device on this computer at home, so I can't check that for you.

disabling tablet pc input service did the job cheers!

diverse180 · 25 Oct 2009 at 19:38

Just installed my Wacom Graphire 4 and was having the same problem (annoying ring thing) so thanks for posting the fix

Moredhel · 27 Oct 2009 at 19:32

I've found a much much cleaner fix that doesn't break functionality now.

Open up the Local Group Policy Editor (Start > gpedit.msc)

Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Tablet PC > Cursors

Double click on "Turn off pen feedback" and set it to Enabled.

This should take effect immediately, and doesn't disable the handwriting features etc.