Wacom Tablets vs. Windows update. Critical Interface Issue: definition & work-arounds -- Windows 10’s most recent (and mandatory) update is incompatible with Wacom’s current Windows driver. Used together, the tablet’s pen will not function correctly (described in first post). The (2) conflicts -- 3/15/2018: Wacom driver < WacomTablet_6.3.29-4 > 3/22/2018: MS Win 10 update < v.1709 KB4089848 > (2) Emergency Work-arounds -- 1. In Wacom Tablet Properties, deselect Windows Ink (see screenshot). Result: Pen pressure sensitivity is disabled, other functionalities restored -- perhaps enough to finish emergency work. 2. For the desperate and experienced, full functionality should be achievable by interrupting Windows 10’s Automatic Update Service. Technically a hack, perform this at your own risk. However, it's probably our only tool to continue working during this emergency! The steps are few: a) Google this: stop windows update service Windows 10. b) Perform the 3-4 steps required to disable Win 10 update. c) Roll back Windows update from current to previous, i.e.: FROM 3/22/2018-KB4089848, TO 03/13/2018—KB4088776. (Note: This could render Adobe Flash temporarily vulnerable due to its same-date update, 03/13/2018.) Voilà! Previous pen & tool functionality should be restored. If not, reinstall Wacom’s driver 6.3.29-4. This band-aid remedy should hold until Windows is updated. Note: If rolling back Win 10 update (from 3/22 to 3/13/2018) causes the Windows Update Service to reactivate, an unlikely outcome...repeat each step, but disconnect from the internet after Step (b). Then, after rolling back the update in Step (c), a repeat of the “anti-update” procedure should keep Windows separated from the MotherShip long enough to preserve this “fix.” This has put me temporarily back on the rails. Adobe isn’t the culprit. If this affects you, DO WRITE NOW to Microsoft and Wacom. Thanks for excellent replies.
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