Re: [Avid-L2] wacom tablet windows 7 (and Avid FX)

the problem described below involving Avid FX and the Wacom tablet
driver) is fixed in the Avid FX 6.0.3 update (other bug fixes as well)
this update can be downloaded by going here ; http://www.borisfx.com/updates/
and clicking on the Avid FX link. It is not necessary to uninstall
Avid FX if it is already installed, and licensing will be preserved on
licensed system

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Dirk de Jong <dirkd@borisfx.com> wrote:
> This problem (AvidFX window not redrawing at all if the wacom driver is
> enabled but no tablet is connected) is indeed a known problem (on Windows)
> reported and reproduced @ BorisFX. For now the only known solution is to
> disable the driver or connect a wacom tablet. Expect a fix in an update of
> AvidFX 6.
>
> Dirk
> BorisFX
>
> On Thursday, January 12, 2012, tofuelly <carrolle@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone seeing issues with wacom drivers causing Avid FX not to run. It
>> will not launch or freeze in the Avid, when the wacom is unplugged from the
>> system. Avid FX is fine as long as the tablet is present, but remove it and
>> leave the drivers on, and it fails. I had this issue years ago and the
>> workaround was to use really old drivers and show the tablet to the system
>> and then unplug it and it would be stable.
>>
>> But not with a New wacom Bamboo and version 6 MC and Win7, I have the same
>> failure when the tablet is removed, the workaround is working until you
>> restart the computer. Why can't Avid FX and wacom just get along?
>>
>> Erin Carroll
>>
>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Open Local Group Policy Editor:Run… gpedit.msc
>>>
>>> Navigate to User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows
>>> Components - Tablet PC - Cursors
>>>
>>> Enable the Turn off pen feedback setting.
>>>
>>> For a visual reference on how to do this:
>>>
>>> <<http://tinyurl.com/22tvqrg>>
>>>
>>> Scroll down to where it says "NOW LOOK AT THE SAME CONTROL PANEL IN
>>> WINDOWS 7"
>>>
>>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Darren Jonusas" <daz@> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > anyone now how to get rid of the weird little splashes that appear on
>>> > the screen when using a wacom tablet with Windows 7?
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Dirk
> BorisFX
> dirkd@borisfx.com
>
> Things are not as they appear.
> Nor are they otherwise.
>                          - Lanka Sutra
>

--
Dirk
BorisFX
dirkd@borisfx.com

Things are not as they appear.
Nor are they otherwise.
                         - Lanka Sutra

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