Vista Hacks: Making My Wacom Serial Tablet Work

As I mentioned previously, the one hardware issue I’ve had with Vista was the inability to get Vista to properly deal with my serial Wacom Intuos tablet.

After a couple e-mails and a phone call to Wacom’s support group, the solution and steps are this:

Download Wacom’s latest driver from their web site.
Create the following registry key if it doesn’t exist:
Plug in the tablet. If Windows prompts for a driver, hit cancel.
Install the Wacom driver. The tablet should work after the driver is installed.
Reboot. If Windows prompts to install a driver for the hardware, choose the option not to present the message again.

The tablet should work from that point forward.

Tagged as: wacom, intuos, vista

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Posted on:: Saturday, March 31st, 2007 19:14

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After Two Weeks: Vista and PC Observations » Another Blogger Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 / 21:32

[...] Compatibility: So far, I’ve only run into one piece of software which won’t run under Vista, which is an older version of ProShow. On the hardware front, my only problems have been with the previously-blogged Wacom driver. [...]

Rob Hill Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 / 15:02

Thanks for this. Don’t know much about regedit but will give it a go. At least I’m pointed in the right direction now. Thanks again. -Rob

Bryan Sunday, October 7th, 2007 / 23:49

How the hell do i create a registry key? I’m afraid to mess with registry editor without knowing exactly what i’m doing.

Aaron B. Hockley Monday, October 8th, 2007 / 06:11

If you’re not comfortable doing this on your own, give Wacom’s tech support a call.

Bryan Monday, October 8th, 2007 / 09:28

Ok, well my roommate did it for me. But now it still doesn’t work. It might be because i’m using a serial to usb adapter.

Phil Friday, November 23rd, 2007 / 07:36

hmm, what type of key? Could you give more info on the key creation?

Phil Friday, November 23rd, 2007 / 07:39

Nevermind, this worked for me, the newest 6.5 release 7+ 4.78 driver installed, + a standard registry key with the value set as above works. The new driver tablet properties recognizes the old serial tablet and you can adjust the properties and everything, great hack!! This is better than the setup I had on my xp system. Thanks a bunch!

Alberto Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 / 03:27

Hi, Phil. Can you explain me a step by step driver installation? Are you installing two driver releases?
Best regards.

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