Well its been a while since I updated my Tablet PC blog so I will cover in this post my findings on the latest Vista Build for Tablet PCs that I did quite a while ago.
First the install was easy, but still very "buggy for Tablet PCs and 5231 is less stable build than that found in 5219 so if you are looking at a stable Vista version for your tablet 5219, maybe better suite for you .I was kinda hesitant to install it on my tablet from what I heard from the newsgroups and mentions on the inkernet, but decided to go through with it for testing purposes on my "test hard drive" and just to see what was new with it on both my Media Center and Tablet. There seems to be some additional support for Tablet, but it is not quite geared for performance yet, and is more of proof of concept build.
Glass and the TIP are now installed and the Mobility Center now supports the option to rotate your screen. The TIP howeveris very slow and sluggish to respond(like in wXP2K5 when there are alot of apps running and you launch the TIP for the first time, but this is sluggish all the time). The TIP has a new look still not to my liking and now does a better job with text editing, where 5219 had a few problems and I love the
Basic Print Recognizer that has remained since 5219 it makes us block print inkers much happier!
If you are still trying to get glass to work on your tablet be sure to try this hack:
under ->HKLM/Software/Microsoft/DWM
The key may not exist by default. Entering a DWord called "EnableMachineCheck" and setting it to 0 (zero) should prevent Vista from checking if the graphics processor is capable of displaying Aero.
By adding another DWord called "Glass" and setting its value to 1 (one) you should be able to force Aero Glass on.
The Pen/Tablet icon is no longer found in the Control Panel and older versions won't work or load so there is no calibration tool for the pen yet…and I had no Out of the Box calibration or drifting problems. The accuracy was there at many different angles of tip placement. You can however now use dedicated hardware buttons for turning wifi and bluetooth on and off.
Some oddities…the built in apps like Sticky Notes won't launch at all and using Journal returns an error "There was an error initializing inking components" in sure these are interium problems that will shake out in the next version or at least until Beta 2 rolls out.
Rumor on the inkernet has it that Build 5247 looks to be coming soon...right now I am back using WXP2K5 on my 80GB drive until the next version or Beta 2 comes out for more extensive testing on the Tablet, funny how my test drive is the OEM drive…I may switch them on the next beta and do some more application testing...