Apparently this is a well-known bug that falls in either Wacom's or Microsoft's bailiwick. WACOM claims that Microsoft has broken their own shutdown rules, and that Microsoft is pulling the rug out from under the tablet service by shutting down USB before shutting down the TabletService.
I'm just paranoid that I'm going to put the OQO away before it's fully shut down, and it's going to sit there in my backpack, prompting for an "OK" on the Tablet.exe exception. I've already burned up one OQO when I put it away before it was fully shut down. When I tell it to shutdown, I want it to go down, without further input from me.
The WACOM forum has offered two solutions, which I have tried. The first one involves a registry change and can be found here.
To Implement for All Users
[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop
Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: AutoEndTasks
Modify/Create the Value Name [AutoEndTasks] according to the Value Data listed below.
Value Data: [0 = AutoEndTasks Disabled / 1 = AutoEndTasks Enabled]
Exit Registry and Reboot
So you set the AutoEndTasks value to 1.
This fix worked, and I didn't get an exception upon shutdown, but it seems a bit heavy-handed.
The next fix involves running a shutdown script under the Group Policy Software Settings.
First create a C:StopTablet.bat file with the following two lines in it (I tried making this a vbs file but it generates a syntax error):
net stop TabletService
C:WINDOWSsystem32shutdown.exe -s -f -t 03
Now bring up the Group Policy editor and point the shutdown script to your batch file:
[Start] [Run] [gpedit.msc]
Navigate to: Local Computer PolicyComputer ConfigurationWindows SettingsScripts
Right-click on "Shutdown", and select "Properties"
Click "Add" and then browse to your C:StopTablet.bat file
No "Script Parameters" are needed
Click "OK" and "OK" and then exit the Group Policy editor
Good luck!
Edit: Actually, a good place to keep your shutdown batch file is in: C:WINDOWSsystem32GroupPolicyMachineScriptsShutdown
However, I don't think that directory exists until you have run the group policy editor once.
I'm just paranoid that I'm going to put the OQO away before it's fully shut down, and it's going to sit there in my backpack, prompting for an "OK" on the Tablet.exe exception. I've already burned up one OQO when I put it away before it was fully shut down. When I tell it to shutdown, I want it to go down, without further input from me.
The WACOM forum has offered two solutions, which I have tried. The first one involves a registry change and can be found here.
To Implement for All Users
[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop
Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: AutoEndTasks
Modify/Create the Value Name [AutoEndTasks] according to the Value Data listed below.
Value Data: [0 = AutoEndTasks Disabled / 1 = AutoEndTasks Enabled]
Exit Registry and Reboot
So you set the AutoEndTasks value to 1.
This fix worked, and I didn't get an exception upon shutdown, but it seems a bit heavy-handed.
The next fix involves running a shutdown script under the Group Policy Software Settings.
First create a C:StopTablet.bat file with the following two lines in it (I tried making this a vbs file but it generates a syntax error):
net stop TabletService
C:WINDOWSsystem32shutdown.exe -s -f -t 03
Now bring up the Group Policy editor and point the shutdown script to your batch file:
[Start] [Run] [gpedit.msc]
Navigate to: Local Computer PolicyComputer ConfigurationWindows SettingsScripts
Right-click on "Shutdown", and select "Properties"
Click "Add" and then browse to your C:StopTablet.bat file
No "Script Parameters" are needed
Click "OK" and "OK" and then exit the Group Policy editor
Good luck!
Edit: Actually, a good place to keep your shutdown batch file is in: C:WINDOWSsystem32GroupPolicyMachineScriptsShutdown
However, I don't think that directory exists until you have run the group policy editor once.
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