[FIXED] Help with tablet pen freezing

[Stinahhh]

Sighhh there are a lot of problems with sai and tablets, yes. I've looked through many forums but I haven't found any answers and my problem is that it DID work, just last night actually. Then today I come home from work, check the computer and it seemed to have restarted over night(possibly updated itself?). I open sai and my cursor freezes unless I use my mouse to minimize the window and the pen works just fine until I open sai again.

Since the "update" or restarting of the computer, each time I open sai the 'user account control' window pops up asking if I allow the program to make changes to my pc, which it never did before either.

I also use photoshop but ever since I started using sai, the pen pressure in ps is nonexistent and I've tried toggling with controls with that already too.

This is killing me guys, I have things that need to be done and hopefully someone can help out.

I'm even looking into getting a laptop at this point. I'm sure it isn't my tablet although it's a huion driver operated tablet.

My computer is running windows 10 for reference (should I regret that update as well?)

Thanks in advanced!

[69Michi]

That is bad to hear! : (((
I heard that window 10 is suck when it comes to Paint Tool SAI, a lot of error pops up that is why I refuses to let my computer update to window 10. Have you tried to restart your tablet in the Service tab? You can try to do that, normally when my pen freezes or lose pressure, I just have to restart the wacom service and it magically works again. (This happens every time I turns on my computer now pretty much, my cintiq always stops working and requires me to manually restart it in the service tab)

[Stinahhh]

Thanks for the help, I fiddled with the settings for the pen itself and it wasn't doing anything earlier but now it's working with sai. There's still no pressure sensitivity though, even if I play with the settings. Though the pen pressure test in the drivers app or whatever works.. how frustrating. Never should have upgraded to windows 10.

anyone reading this. do. not. get. windows. 10. save yourself the heartache T^T

[Tanisha]

Maybe you should try updating the drivers first and if that doesn't work, try updating sai. I think the developer made a recent update that works with Windows 10 now. I have Windows 10 too and I haven't run into any problems on sai or with my tablet ;/

[AlanR]

Clean reinstall of both the tablet and SAI probably has a faster chance of remedying the problem.

[Shanny8]

TOO LATE. I dont have Sai, but ever since i upgraded to Win 10, it has messed up my Photoshop to where there is a lag at times. Also at times if I leave my computer on and it goes to sleep mode(where I have to log in again),when I "wake it up", a screen version of a keyboard will blip on and off real quick- which knocks out my tablet, if it's connected. I have to reboot the computer, so that the tablet will work again.

[Luie]

Try this:
(it was my problem)

The Wacom Driver Parable

When anything goes wrong with my tablet and sai, I just revert back to the old driver.

Or open your misc.ini file and mess around with your settings until it works.
Mine is still fine but ever since the last driver patch I cannot open sai with the tablet pen, only mouse. It's annoying but at least the tablet works again. Sai always has weird problems. Every time I re-connect my tablet, I must open the misc.ini file and reset a few options to get the pen pressure working again.
let me know if you need help navigating the ini file, it's a little confusing even now.
I would think this is a problem on sai's part (or perhaps the update messing with the program) but the ps problem stumps me.
I have been avoiding the windows 10 update forever and it amazes me how the more the ads change the more they are designed to try to trick me into scheduling an update (the most recent one doesn't have a "no" option anymore, you have to just close the ad, lol)

[Papina]

I use a Wacom Intuos tablet with SAI and that sometimes happens to me. I usually do these (not in a particular order) until it gets back to normal again:

1. Close SAI and reopen it
2. Open Wacom Desktop Center and update the driver
3. Open Wacom Tablet Preference File Utility and remove user preferences (I seriously don't get the logic behind why this works)
4. Re-connect the tablet

[Stinahhh]

I'll try finding the updated Sai, I think I'm using a fanmade one though. And I did manage to get it working again, it's good you haven't had problems!

[Stinahhh]

Ughh I heard so much news about win10 too damn myself. Well, I did find the way to turn off automatic updates so this shouldn't ever happen again. Hopefully you've done that too!

[Stinahhh]

thanks for the link! And yes, put off the update infinitely. So many people complained about it and my brother somehow managed to convince me. It seems like it's a hit or miss. Fortunately I got mine working again, not to the exact way it did but I'll keep trying.

[Shanny8]

It has nothing to do with the updates- it started lagging once I upgraded to Win 10. I tried to undo it(weeks later) but I believe it was already past the due date, so I'm stuck with it.