pretty simple you would think

[faroukbaaaaa]

I can't sort this and Know not where to turn.

I have a new laptop and as ever the f*ckin boffins have piled the pointless
bullshit deep and high... I have been trying to stop the cursor making a f*ckin
shape like I dipped my finger in a pond... these just plain annoying ripples
suited to pillocks just entering the glittering world of computers.

Anyone know how to get rid of them? The computer is a HP

If anyone draws with a wacom as i do you can imagine the mind bending,
epilepsy promoting, chinese water torture that is the constant ripples every
time I touch the pad with the pen... In the space of an hour I am guessing that it is around 50,000 times... that is just about 50,000 times more than i need to witness

Please help

[Gorgonzola]

Farouk,

I know what you're talking about. It's a silly feature they have if for some reason you're blind and can't find the mouse by wiggling it around.

Here's how to do it (This is based off of windows xp, but from what I gather Windows 7 is pretty much the same setup.

- Get to your control panel (On Windows XP, you go to 'Start', "Control Panel")

-There will be an icon for the mouse, labeled easily enough, Mouse. Open it up.

-Third or so tab, there's one labeled "Pointer Options." On that tab, there's an option called "Show Location of Pointer when I press CTRL key." That's what causes the ripples, so it's probably checked. Uncheck it.

There ya go! You should be pond-rippling free.

[faroukbaaaaa]

ahhrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrgh so close... yet so far
I tried that... and you would think it would work wouldn't you?
yes I certainly would ... but.... alas..... it doesn't

the worst thing about this pointless effect is that it actually puts a delay
on the action i am trying to do.... if for instance I am making a shape from
points I will click (computer says; allow ripple effect)point appears... click (again with the ripple effect) point appears.... it is very annoying... why do they do this stuff? It's like going through an elaborate process to make water wet

[Gorgonzola]

Okay, wait, I think I might have it now.

It seems that Windows 7 has some touchscreen/tablet stuff integrated with it for use with some of their newer products that utilize that sort of thing. Naturally, it doesn't play nicely with Wacom tablets, or any third-party tablet, from what it seems like.

I found two threads discussing it on another forum. I'll put up the links at the bottom, but this seemed to be the most promising solution:

"This was posted on another website, worked for me!
Open command, then type in gpedit for the first instruction.


I have found the solution:

Open Local Group Policy Editor. It is quite hidden - search for it in Windows Start menu or in Control panel - use the search box as I have not found the shortcut for it. Alternatively you can run gpedit from command line (not from Run in Start menu).

Navigate to User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Tablet PC - Cursor.

Enable the Turn off pen feedback setting."

If it doesn't work though, it seems like there might be a few other workarounds people figured out too.

First thread for all of that: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/18167-wacom-tablet-blinking-cursor-problem-2.html
Second Thread: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/11375-wacom-tablet-ring-round-pen-cursor.html

[faroukbaaaaa]

yeah, thanks for taking the time
I was also on those threads and others. Spent the last 3 hours going in circles.
I turn off the effect .... the wacom is no longer recognised.... I reinstall.... the
effect is back and the wacom doesn't allow it's settings to be changed.
I re install wacom... change settings.... my version of flash will not recognise
that i am using a tablet.... I reinstall wacom.... it still doesn't recognise... the
effect returns.... I restart.... restart restart...In the end one of the boffins i work with
wentinto the very DNA of the computer to fix the problem... at which point
I decided to install XP instead.... i should have known this was going
to be less than easy after I had to install the wacom at least ten times.

A word to the wise, windows 7 does not like your wacom and has terribly
annoying effects that are almost impossible (for the non technically minded) to edit

[faroukbaaaaa]

update

windows y has a function that allows for 'pen and touch' which doesn't necessarily
acknowledge that you may install your own tablet and pen .... delete the windows
default function and you are half way there.... I would tell you the rest of the way but
it was actually sorted by a fella here at work.
I still cannot access the bottom menu bar but after so many hours of chasing my
tail I am happy to use the mous function for that

anyway..... phew


thanks again for your efforts man

[emceeONE]

I had that same fucking problem yesterday on XP. Stupid red ripples thing. When the tablet/software wasn't acting up during the drawing, it wouldn't let me access the onionskinning feature in Flash. Had to restart to get it sorted, but still quite an inconvenience.

And just how are blind people gonna know if the mouse is scrolling all over or stuck in one spot?

[Gorgonzola]

Haha, they wouldn't. It's not really a feature for that, but I can't think of a useful reason for it being there. Wiggling around your mouse usually does what that feature does. Always seemed like a pointless thing to have, like the crazy ghosting feature that's included too.

Wacom, however, has been pretty good about this, as somebody on CA.org had the same problem. Wacom sent them a edited registry file for the guy to run to remove the feature without losing inking capabilities.

Worth e-mailing Wacom to ask about it.

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2636511#post2636511