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One of the ExpressKeys on my Wacom Bamboo Capture graphics tablet is mapped to Bamboo Preferences, so that I can quickly access the tablet settings and view the battery level (I have the Wireless Accessory Kit installed).
However, when I connect the tablet to the computer, in wired or wireless mode, and attempt to open Bamboo Preferences, the Wacom consumer tablet driver service may crash, most often when I try to do so after resuming the computer from sleep. There is usually no direct indication of the crash (although I once did get Tablet Service for consumer driver stopped working and was closed), only that the cursor shows that the system is busy for a split second. When this happens, the pen no longer tracks on the screen when in proximity of the tablet (even though it is detected by the tablet itself); however, touch continues to function correctly.
To recover from this condition, I need to restart the tablet driver services. I got tired of having to go through Task Manager to restart the service every time this happens, so I ended up writing the following command script, with a shortcut on the desktop for running it with elevated privileges:
net stop TabletServicePen net start TabletServicePen net stop TouchServicePen net start TouchServicePen
Is there something I can do to prevent these crashes from happening in the first place, or do I have have to deal with this issue until the driver is updated?
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Tablet drivers are up to date.
Technical details
Action Center gives the following details about the crash in Reliability Monitor:
Source
Tablet Service for consumer driver
Summary
Stopped working
Date
10/15/2012 2:48 PM
Status
Report sent
Description
Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files\Tablet\Pen\Pen_Tablet.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:
APPCRASH
Application Name:Pen_Tablet.exe
Application Version:5.2.5.5
Application Timestamp:4e694ecd
Fault Module Name:Pen_Tablet.exe
Fault Module Version:5.2.5.5
Fault Module Timestamp:4e694ecd
Exception Code:c0000005
Exception Offset:00000000002f6cde
OS Version:6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID:1033
Additional Information 1:9d4f
Additional Information 2:9d4f1c8d2c16a5d47e28521ff719cfba
Additional Information 3:375e
Additional Information 4:375ebb9963823eb7e450696f2abb66cc
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID:
45598085
Exception code 0xC0000005
means STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
. The event log contains essentially the same information.
I can verify that I have the same problem with a Cintiq. – Case – 2016-02-28T00:10:40.790
Hmm. Doesn't the Cintiq use
WTabletServicePro
, notWTabletServiceCon
? I'd assume the professional tablet driver should be more stable than the consumer tablet driver... – bwDraco – 2016-02-28T00:49:00.253