Okay, so I recently installed Windows 7, which quite honestly is not much different than Windows Vista. Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the 5 people in the universe who didn't have a problem with Vista. It was rock solid for me and super fast. So far, Windows 7 has been Vista with an updated skin and instead of having a Taskbar and a Quick Launch area, they mushed them together and made a hybrid of the two.

Seriously, no difference. For the record, I did go from Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional. I don't know what all the other stupid versions had. Fuck Ultimate, who needs Windows even more bloated than it is?

But where was I? Oh yeah...

The Problem

Nehoo, like Vista, when you install Windows 7 and use a Wacom Tablet, Windows has some inbuilt Tablet PC functions, I don't know what they do because I don't have a Tablet PC, but all I know is they are super fucking annoying when you first try to use your Wacom in Photoshop.

It's that annoying radar circle animation that goes "Baloooop" everytime you touch the pen to the Wacom tablet, slowing down response time in Photoshop, causing a complete mess and it makes drawing or sketching directly into the computer almost impossible.

Maybe if you have a Tablet PC, Microsoft provides you with amazing touch screen capabilities, but I wouldn't know but I don't care. Either way, I don't know why it has to fuck up a Wacom Tablet in the process.

The Solution

Searching around a bit, and what worked for me was a combination of things.

1. First I tried to go to the Control Panel and click on my Pen and Touch settings. Disable both the Press and hold action and the Start Tablet PC Input Panel
2. Next, in the same window under the Flicks tab, uncheck the Use flicks to perform common actions quickly and easily. Press OK to save and close.
3. Next go to the Programs and Features option in the Control Panel. Select the Turn Windows feature on or off option on the left of the window. A new window will open with all the Windows features.
4. Scroll down to Tablet PC Components and uncheck the option. Apply the changes. Windows will do some crap and then ask you to restart for the changes to take effect. Restart and you're done.

I don't know if I'm doing it wrong or what, but that is what it took me to make the Wacom useable. I remember doing something similar in Windows Vista but it wasn't as complicated, I think it was in Tablet PC Settings in the control panel but that dick jackshit for me in Windows 7.