![]() If you liked this article, please smash the like button, and share this with your friends. This was what I was doing until just recently, and it’s horribly annoying if you ask me so I don’t really count it as much of an option. Of course there’s one more option, you could always reboot when the tablet driver craps out. The script is compiled to require administrator privileges and will generate a UAC prompt. The second alternative is to download this compiled AutoHotkey script and execute it as a hot-key action. Option 2: Use AutoHotkey to do this on a hot-key shortcut.Īctually there’s two options here, one is to run the cmd script from option 1 via a hot-key, though that’s not nearly as elegant if you ask me. Running this will cause a UAC prompt to appear, and then reset the tablet driver. Copy and paste the following into a text file and change the extension to “.cmd” and you’re good to go. Installation is straightforward enough, extract the EXE that’s provided, and install the “ElevateCommand.inf”. The elevate command isn’t built into Windows. Option 1: Use the Elevate Power Toy and a CMD script. The trick is scripting that so it can be done without having to navigate the OS with a keyboard. The solution is to stop the TabletServiceWacom service, kill the the Wacom_TabletUser.exe process, and restart the tablet service. At this point, simply restarting the tablet service leaves the orphaned user process blocking communicate and the tablet frozen. Unfortunately when the system’s “Wacom_Tablet.exe” (the process behind the TabletServiceWacom service) crashes the user process doesn’t. In addition, the separation of privileges has apparently prompted Wacom to introduce a “Wacom_TabletUser” process that appears to interface that user’s settings with the system-level tablet driver. The new privilege system means that you can’t simply restart a service without some form of privilege escalation, even for admin users. However, it could also be called from a simple shortcut or though one of the media/shortcut keys on most modern keyboards. It was tedious enough that I use to have that in a cmd script file, but I could call from the hot-key application I used. In fact it was easy enough, and the OS insecure enough, that a simple CMD script could do it as well. In Windows XP, the fix is as simple as restarting the Tablet service though the Services control panel. If you’re not comfortable with the detail provided, I strongly suggest finding someone who is to implement it for you. However, these instructions should be enough for someone reasonably versed in using computers to implement. Like the last one of these, I’m not about to go into every possible level of detail in walking though the resolutions I’m about to describe. This problem might find a way to solve itself eventually, but if weird update glitches is something I'm going to have to worry about from now on, it's probably best to upgrade.This isn’t supposed to be a programming/computer/info-tech site, yet I keep posting bizarre programming/computer fixes. It's a shame since I've been using my P&T for two years with no issues until recently. ![]() My guess is that a recent Windows update might've caused incompatibilities with some of the older models. Of course, switching back to the old one still crashes everything. I've been borrowing a newer Wacom from a friend the past several days with no problem. UPDATE: So I didn't find a solution or anything, but I just wanted to give a quick update for anyone who might be searching around with a similar problem. I freelance full time for a living and this has made me lose almost an entire week of work. Has this happened to anyone else? If anyone has advice, I'd greatly appreciate it. There's a part of me that thinks it might be because the model is old and is showing wear and tear, but that doesn't make much sense to me. I'm using a Wacom Intuos Pen & Touch Small CTH-480. I have the tablet driver completely updated. Hardware/software information Windows Version: Windows 10 Tablet Driver version: v0.2.3 Tablet model: Wacom Intuos CTL 4100 Small 19:30:21. At first I assumed it was an issue with the laptop or one of the other drivers on it, but when I tried again on a brand new laptop, same thing happened. I'll be working on something and then suddenly it'll completely freeze up my laptop, forcing me to do a hard reset. So I've been having major issues lately with my Wacom drawing tablet lately.
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