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This is ... some sort of HP laptop, older, duo core Intel processor with a 64-bit operating system. Processor says T7500 @ 2.20GHz with 4GB of RAM. It has Windows Vista Ultimate on it but it's not activated, I suspect it's some sort of pirated copy? I'm borrowing it from a friend who got it from an old roommate who couldn't make rent and it's a little iffy. Under normal circumstances I would just say "the issue is with this computer and its general sketchiness" and replace it with something legit, but I'm just borrowing it until my own computer comes back from the shop and don't want to invest money into it.
The problem is that I have the trial version of Photoshop CS5 on here and it's not playing nice with my Wacom Intuos4 drawing tablet. Basically the drivers are installed via the Wacom site but it only recognizes the tablet as a mouse, not as a tablet, so I don't get pressure sensitivity / line width variations based on pressure sensitivity. My Photoshop settings are the same as on my own laptop so it's definitely an issue with the tablet not registering properly - it won't recognize it as a drawing pen if I flip it over (it's supposed to erase automatically when it senses the eraser and won't do that either).
So I'm stuck with a glorified mouse and no access to my work computer which is just not good.
Already reinstalled the drivers for it and they seem to be the proper drivers. I could technically boot up from my external harddrive and run Photoshop off the clone of my own laptop, but I'm worried about overheating that hard drive. And my laptop has been in the shop twice now and they've been trying to figure out a fix for ages, so... if anyone has any suggestions for how to get the tablet to play nice, I would really appreciate them.
I realize that people here might not have much experience with the Wacom tablets but basically they install like a mouse or a printer where it uses a driver. It works like a mouse except that it should recognize the level of pressure sensitivity, the eraser button on the pen, and the buttons on the side of the tablet. It is doing none of those things. It's just letting me move it around as a mouse without any of the tablet abilities and it is getting incredibly frustrating.
Haaaaalp.
The problem is that I have the trial version of Photoshop CS5 on here and it's not playing nice with my Wacom Intuos4 drawing tablet. Basically the drivers are installed via the Wacom site but it only recognizes the tablet as a mouse, not as a tablet, so I don't get pressure sensitivity / line width variations based on pressure sensitivity. My Photoshop settings are the same as on my own laptop so it's definitely an issue with the tablet not registering properly - it won't recognize it as a drawing pen if I flip it over (it's supposed to erase automatically when it senses the eraser and won't do that either).
So I'm stuck with a glorified mouse and no access to my work computer which is just not good.
Already reinstalled the drivers for it and they seem to be the proper drivers. I could technically boot up from my external harddrive and run Photoshop off the clone of my own laptop, but I'm worried about overheating that hard drive. And my laptop has been in the shop twice now and they've been trying to figure out a fix for ages, so... if anyone has any suggestions for how to get the tablet to play nice, I would really appreciate them.
I realize that people here might not have much experience with the Wacom tablets but basically they install like a mouse or a printer where it uses a driver. It works like a mouse except that it should recognize the level of pressure sensitivity, the eraser button on the pen, and the buttons on the side of the tablet. It is doing none of those things. It's just letting me move it around as a mouse without any of the tablet abilities and it is getting incredibly frustrating.
Haaaaalp.
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