Our Head of IT has asked me to source a graphics tablet...

[kennysarmy]

....that requires no driver install when plugged in to a PC running Windows 7 64 bit.

 

Any ideas?

[Steve21]

We've been using the Wacom Bamboo's before, don't need driver for 32bit at least so would assume it's the same for 64bit but didn't run that at old place

 

Steve

[localzuk]

If you mean no driver disc type install then the Wacom Intuos 3 PTZ-630 installs without issue. But it does install drivers from the built in Windows driver store. Only issue is that there's no tool to configure the various buttons on the tablet without the disc. Edited July 2, 2015 by localzuk

[GeekyPete]

Get a new head of IT, he has no clue how things work. The only way it can possibly work without installing Additional drivers and or software is to mimic a native device (In reality that uses a driver too but it's already installed?. So the question is what kind of device is there that offers all the functionality of graphics tablet that would be seen as a native device and be installed out of the box? The answer is there isn't one. Some of the features may be covered by a touch screen or a mouse. But the users would expect that all the stylus types, pressure sensitivity etc are all be available, so that's no good.

 

I think there's more to it than we know. What's his problem with installing drivers on the fly? It might take 5 minutes, but only the first time it's used on that computer. Options I'd consider are pushing out the driver to all stations using the .msi, but test properly as it might show the computer down as it searches for the device when it's not plugged in. Including the driver in your next OS build .wim file. If they are not going to be used on too many computers, go round them all with a tablet, plug it in an let it install the drivers before the users get near them. All these options mean that the drivers (and software) won't be installed on the fly and it won't disrupt or delay learning.

Edited July 2, 2015 by GeekyPete

[kennysarmy]

Get a new head of IT, he has no clue how things work. The only way it can possibly work without installing Additional drivers and or software is to mimic a native device (In reality that uses a driver too but it's already installed). So the question is what kind of device is there that offers all the functionality of graphics tablet that would be seen as a native device and be installed out of the box. The answer is there isn't one. Some of the feature may be covered by a touch screen or a mouse. But the user expectation would be that all the stylus types, pressure sensitivity etc would all be available so that's no good.

 

I think there's more to it than we know. What's his problem with installing drivers on the fly? It might take 5 minutes but only the first time it's used on that computer. Options I'd consider are pushing out the driver to all stations using the .msi, but test properly as it might show the computer down as it searches for the device when it's not plugged in. Including the driver in your next OS build .wim file. If they are not going to be used on too many computers go round them all with a tablet, plug it in an let it install the drivers. All these options mean that the drivers (and software) won't be installed on the fly and disrupt or delay learning.

 

Not only has he no clue, when I ask him a question it gets ignored or actioned when he "has time", yet when he asks me a question or wants something it's expected that it gets done straight away....

 

In the past it's required admin privileges to install the device drivers so it's not allowed him to do it on the fly....

 

Yes, we can go round the room and plug it in one after another, but it's how generous I'm feeling towards him to release one of the techies to do it...

[strawberry]

package the software and drivers and deploy them.

then batter the fool to death with a keyboard.

[3s-gtech]

In the past it's required admin privileges to install the device drivers so it's not allowed him to do it on the fly....

 

Our Wacom tablets do that. Easy solution - plug them in on the login screen and wait. The service is able to run under SYSTEM at this point, and it will successfully install the drivers (this is also handy when they play games after choosing a different USB port).

[kennysarmy]

Our Wacom tablets do that. Easy solution - plug them in on the login screen and wait. The service is able to run under SYSTEM at this point, and it will successfully install the drivers (this is also handy when they play games after choosing a different USB port).

 

Will give that a go....