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On Screen Keyboard for other PCs possible?

Hi all,
I have the HTC Shift and i really love the on screen keyboard and the possibility, to scroll the internet explorer with the finger like on pda phones with the opera mini, f.e.
Now I have a touchscreen on my HTPC and I am thinking, if it is possible, to do the same trick on this pc! Does somebody know, which software do I have to install?
Thanks a lot,
dabra

You need a version of Vista that comes with Tablet PC software add ons.
I don't know if there is a way to get this for Vista Premium. I would like to get it for my laptop as the on-screen keyboard of Tablet PC is superiour when it comes to multiple languages.

you can get the on screen keyboard in the following location of windows
%SystemRoot%\system32\osk.exe

Thanks, but I am searching for that one, I use on the HTC Shift. It is not the windows keyboard, that is too small and not so good. I don`t think, that it has to do with the windows version, cause now I have on the Shift Windows 7 Ultimate and if I am not wrong, it was to see on the screen after I installed all of the drivers form the HTC Homepage for the Shift. So I think, one of these software/driver ist it.
Anybody knows it more specific?

dabra said:
Thanks, but I am searching for that one, I use on the HTC Shift. It is not the windows keyboard, that is too small and not so good. I don`t think, that it has to do with the windows version, cause now I have on the Shift Windows 7 Ultimate and if I am not wrong, it was to see on the screen after I installed all of the drivers form the HTC Homepage for the Shift. So I think, one of these software/driver ist it.
Anybody knows it more specific?
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Vista Ultimate comes with all Tablet Functionality. And the installation should have recognized your touch screen and installed all the necessary drivers for it. Open your device manager and see what it says and fix the necessary drivers if it is giving a warning.
Thanks
Ram

saiweb said:
Vista Ultimate comes with all Tablet Functionality. And the installation should have recognized your touch screen and installed all the necessary drivers for it. Open your device manager and see what it says and fix the necessary drivers if it is giving a warning.
Thanks
Ram
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and by the way, IE7 and above support the hand tool (grab and drag or scroll)

For me when i use the firefox , i have added on grab and scroll into it , i therefore can scroll up n down with my stylus anywhere besides the scroll bar

[Q] A few questions about what microsoft might have forgotten inside windows8

Hi,
First of all, I didn't try windows8 until now, I just downloaded the ISO but I still have to work for 7 hours so there's a lot of time left till installation.
Most of you might have already tried it, so I thought you could give me a few hints about things the internet doesn't seem to care to much.
1. Keyboard usability
I am an hardcore-keyboard-guy. I prefer using ALT+KEY and things like that for lots of shortcuts to work faster... It depends on what program I am, I touch the mouse once an hour.
Since the new UI seems to be very touchscreen related, did microsoft miss some keyboard-only-workflow stuff inside windows8 or is it still like in 7?
2. Drivers
As far as stated on various different german websites, there should be a good driver compatibility between windows 7 and windows 8, can you agree with that? I have a few devices that must work on every OS I am currently sitting on, maybe some of you have the same and can tell me:
- AMD Radeon HD 7770 (already found catalyst for win8, should be no problem)
- Refine Cutter (never worked under win7, using it inside an XP VM, would be awesome if re-usable in win8, also I am not beliving in it.)
- HP LaserJet 5 P (Printer, old as dinosaur... still works under 7... I hope support won't be dropped in windows8)
- Xerox WorkCentre M128 Pro (Another old printer, still working under windows7 with some issues...)
- LightScribe device (I belive, it will work.)
That's it, maybe I am lucky and there is some random people here using the same hardware...

I have an HP Deskjet 1050 and there are no drivers for it in Windows 8. I only got it a few months ago so it's a bit frustrating, but I imagine once it's officially released HP will get on top of it... or at least I hope so. I can't really comment on the others, but my 6970 is running along happily on the latest catalyst drivers. I can only imagine a newer card would be as well supported.

firstly drivers, most drivers will work ok, Win 7 drivers will in many cases work, the only thing I have found to be a pain just now is Audio drivers. I cant get my sound card to work at all despite the several different avenues ive tried.
If you have issues with win 7 drivers its usually because Win 8 version number doesn't appear in the INF files, in the past ive just added a new entry in to the INF file for Windows 8, then point that new entry to the windows 7 driver files. Its fairly straight forward stuff.....except for the bloody audio driver that is!!! GRR!
as for your first question
Keys are key in win 8 ( get it?!)
no seriously, everyone keeps banging on about Win 8 being touch this and that, but actually its fine without it, the whole concept of using a mouse is so cumbersome as you probably already know, If anything Win 8 has added to the keyboard abilities, using them makes it even better.

Knowing your keyboard shortcuts makes using win8 much easier to use. Mouse gestures like hovering over the side of the screen is more of a hassle compared to keyboard shortcuts.
I installed all the drivers I have on windows 7 to windows 8 and experienced no problems.
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Elan trackpad drivers

Aside from waiting for official drivers, does anybody know a way to turn off "tap-to-click?" I have an Acer Aspire One, and W8 runs great, but tap-to-click is a pain. I have installed official W7 drivers, and everything works great, except when I try to change tap-to-click in the mouse options I get an error.
"Windows Shell Common Dll has stopped working."
Any ideas?

On X-drivers you can find the driver release: elan 10.6.9.9 which is fully compatible. Or first hit in google when querying "elan 10.6.9.9"

glennexpert said:
On X-drivers you can find the driver release: elan 10.6.9.9 which is fully compatible. Or first hit in google when querying "elan 10.6.9.9"
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Did this work for anyone? I've tried this and still have the same issue as the OP.

Make sure you have the proper driver active in device manager. Manually remove the ps2 embedded driver. It is working on both my laptops and a friends one.
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glennexpert said:
Make sure you have the proper driver active in device manager. Manually remove the ps2 embedded driver. It is working on both my laptops and a friends one.
Sent from my Desire S using xda app-developers app
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Odd the only driver I have under my Mouse is "ELAN PS/2 Port Input Device", but still when I try and load the settings to enable two finger tap right clicking it get the command shell error - this is legit version of win 8 and the 10.6.9.9

Just checked something. On my aspire one , when I click the taskbar icon it goes directley to the touchpad config and no windows device dialog is opened. I will post some screens of my config later this evening.
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glennexpert said:
Just checked something. On my aspire one , when I click the taskbar icon it goes directley to the touchpad config and no windows device dialog is opened. I will post some screens of my config later this evening.
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Alright thank you! :good:

Also give us the exe/zip with your drivers please

I found a working touchpad driver for ElanTech touchpads. Just double click the system tray icon to go into the settings.
Go to the Asus support site and select a recent notebook like the S46CM with Windows 7 x64 (http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=3&s=435&m=S46CM&os=&hashedid=vxr7O9ZbnWI09JJm)

SamuelDebruyn said:
I found a working touchpad driver for ElanTech touchpads. Just double click the system tray icon to go into the settings.
Go to the Asus support site and select a recent notebook like the S46CM with Windows 7 x64 (http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=3&s=435&m=S46CM&os=&hashedid=vxr7O9ZbnWI09JJm)
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Thank you!! It works =)!
Although there are no multi-finger options to change :X, but its a step in the right direction ha!
If you'd like try these drivers http://www.station-drivers.com/page/elantech.htm - Seems someone else is having luck with these, but for me this shows absolutely no options for anything.

Driver pack + screenshot in att.
http://www.multiupload.be/D2YC7UTWHL

No Gestures
The first touchpad driver gave me a blank window and the second didn't respond.
Microsoft is gunna have a hard time with touch pads :-/

johnlicoski1204 said:
The first touchpad driver gave me a blank window and the second didn't respond.
Microsoft is gunna have a hard time with touch pads :-/
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Like I already said, use the trayicon to open the config screen. Don't go through the drive settings.

glennexpert said:
Like I already said, use the trayicon to open the config screen. Don't go through the drive settings.
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Going through the trackpad icon just leads to the main mouse control panel, no matter if I left or right click on it. Tried with the driver you just posted, stock Asus drivers, and stock Samsung ELAN drivers. All do the same thing and crash with the "common dll has stopped working" error.

Anyone know if there are any new drivers that have been released? Since we are nearing the official launch - in just a few days.
( I had given up searching for a fully functional drivers and decided to wait until the actual release )

Asus X53(Sv) / K53(Sv) touchpad drivers for Windows 8 (EDTWare ElanTech Smart Pad)

Hi
I'm a Dreamspark Premium member so I can already upgrade to Windows 8 for free. I installed it earlier this week and I love it. My Asus X53Sv works fine on Windows 8 except for two things:
1. The function keys
They actually work. But it could be better. Windows 8 shows a nice little popup when you press the volume keys on a keyboard. It works when I connect my Logitech USB keyboard but the popup doesn't show up when I use the volume keys (with Fn) on my notebook. In the metro interface I don't see anything and in the desktop interface I see the same popup as in Windows 7. It would be nice if it just worked with the default Windows 8 interface and popup.
2. The touchpad
EDIT: found a working driver, not needed anymore
I found a working touchpad driver for ElanTech touchpads. Just double click the system tray icon to go into the settings.
Go to the Asus support site and select a recent notebook like the S46CM with Windows 7 x64 (http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=3&s=435&m=S46CM&os=&hashedid=vxr7O9ZbnWI09JJm)
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Any help on newer drivers / configuration utilities for the ATK function keys or the EDTware ElanTech Smart-Pad?
Thanks in advance.

Check some of my latest posts. Solution provided for elan.
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glennexpert said:
Check some of my latest posts. Solution provided for elan.
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Ok, so I first tried the latest ElanTech driver. Still the same problem: the configuration utility crashes.
Then I tried the latest Synaptics driver: it doesn't really detect my touchpad so it doesn't let me configure it. It says there is a touchpad, but it's not a synaptics one.

Ok I have an ASUS N53SN and I have gotten the drivers working (charm bar swipe etc...)
But when I press a key on my keyboard I have this 1-2 seconds delay, which is hell'a annoying, and I figured out I need to remove
palm tracking for it to get fixed. But when I open my ELAN settings they look like this: http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8780/elan.png
How do I fix that?

To get the volume OSD working in Windows 8, you have to install the Keyboard Filter driver and the ATK package from the ASUS website.

[Q] So I have touch... but the gestures don't work?

Hello,
I felt this was the most appropriate place to ask this, if not, please move.
Anyway, I have a rather dated windows convertible laptop (Toshiba M750 if you must know). I've ran the Win8 CP on it with no problems, I recently got Win 8 from dreamspark. Too me a long time to find the right wacom driver before my touchscreen worked.
Now that it does work... it doesn't seem to work beyond swiping and selecting in apps. The side swipe gestures don't work at all, essentially making full touch navigation impossible. I could do everything with the wacom pen though. It was working in CP and it baffles me to see that I'm having so much problems now.
What can I do? Thanks.
EDIT: I also notice that touch doesn't draw in paint or journal...

FC1032 said:
Hello,
I felt this was the most appropriate place to ask this, if not, please move.
Anyway, I have a rather dated windows convertible laptop (Toshiba M750 if you must know). I've ran the Win8 CP on it with no problems, I recently got Win 8 from dreamspark. Too me a long time to find the right wacom driver before my touchscreen worked.
Now that it does work... it doesn't seem to work beyond swiping and selecting in apps. The side swipe gestures don't work at all, essentially making full touch navigation impossible. I could do everything with the wacom pen though. It was working in CP and it baffles me to see that I'm having so much problems now.
What can I do? Thanks.
EDIT: I also notice that touch doesn't draw in paint or journal...
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The driver for your touch screen is probably still in beta form. If you wait a while, the new driver might come out. Go to csd.Toshiba.com to check for updates
Sent From My YP-G1 running ICS build 3.5

I've managed to find a wacom driver from another country region that works.
Both touch and pen work OK. But since this is a resistive touch screen, can i tweak the charms area, like make it larger? I need to really dig into the screen edge to activate it
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Ditto. I have a Dell Inspiron 2320 but the screen is not flush with the casing so i cant do edge gestures. Is there a registry hack which increases the hit spot by the edge of the screen?