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Wacom Bamboo tablet driver issues. (Resolved)
Halos Nach Tariff
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Hi folks, I'm not sure if anyone will actually be able to help with this but I figure it doesn't hurt to ask anyway.
I recently purchased a Wacom Bamboo Pen+Touch graphics tablet, so that I can use it to make digital arts without resorting to using a mouse or trackpad.
However, everytime I attempt to install the drivers for the device (either from the CD in the box or direct from Wacom's website) I run into trouble:
-The process begins fine, I can run the program and the drivers will begin installing.
-Then at ~25% completion I'll get an error pop-up saying 'BambooSetup.exe is not responding.' But the progress bar will keep ticking up.
-Once the bar hits ~50% it stops progressing entirely and does not move at all no matter how long I leave it for.
Obviously this is very annoying as it means I can't use the tablet for anything other than an expensive mouse.
I'm running windows Vista and the computer seems to have no trouble detecting the tablet itself when it's plugged in.
So, does anyone have any experience with Wacom tablets, or drivers?
Or have you heard of similar problems to this one before?
I'm rather stumped and it's quite infuriating.
Thanks in advance
I recently purchased a Wacom Bamboo Pen+Touch graphics tablet, so that I can use it to make digital arts without resorting to using a mouse or trackpad.
However, everytime I attempt to install the drivers for the device (either from the CD in the box or direct from Wacom's website) I run into trouble:
-The process begins fine, I can run the program and the drivers will begin installing.
-Then at ~25% completion I'll get an error pop-up saying 'BambooSetup.exe is not responding.' But the progress bar will keep ticking up.
-Once the bar hits ~50% it stops progressing entirely and does not move at all no matter how long I leave it for.
Obviously this is very annoying as it means I can't use the tablet for anything other than an expensive mouse.
I'm running windows Vista and the computer seems to have no trouble detecting the tablet itself when it's plugged in.
So, does anyone have any experience with Wacom tablets, or drivers?
Or have you heard of similar problems to this one before?
I'm rather stumped and it's quite infuriating.
Thanks in advance
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Also, do a full shut down and then turn the computer back on. There may be a conflict. If the process times out, check the task manager to make sure it's really gone before you try again.
"There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother."
Fortunately I have managed to find a work-around by using one of the older drivers from the Wacom site which seems to have downloaded properly and is working fine.
It's got pressure sensitivity working, the tablet detects the pen properly, I've got the programs which set the button configuration etc.
Only thing I'm missing are the various apps which come with it but that's no big loss from what I can tell.
Will certainly remember to ring Wacom up if it starts going wrong again but everything looks to be working currently, so thanks for your help folks, problem solved I guess.
Cheers.