Windows tablets have been around for years, in the form of slates and convertible laptops with touch-screen lids that rotate and fold down over the keyboard. To date, many of these have been disappointing, largely because they failed on either the software or hardware fronts, or both. The Windows OS is simply not designed for fingertip (or even stylus) input, and the CPUs used to power most Windows tablets have been so underpowered as to make these devices mostly useless.
Touch Screen Stopped Working Acer Iconia Tab W500. Note: Download the drivers from the Manufacturer’s website and save it on to the Desktop. A) Press Windows Key + R, type devmgmt.msc. B) Expand the Human-Interface Device Adapter click on the drivers. Acer now has a computer in its array that can poach in both the tablet sector Acer Iconia W500P Realtek Card Reader well as in the netbook division with the Iconia Tab W The Iconia tablet is especially comparable with the Asus Eee Slate from the fundamental concept.
Stepping into the ring following the launch of Apple's second-generation iPad is the Acer Iconia Tab W500 . Similar to Lenovo's (still MIA U1) Hybrid and the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, the 10.1-inch W500 consists of a touch-screen slate and a separate keyboard dock. When combined, the two halves form something close to a traditional laptop. The W500 is $549 with Windows 7 Home Premium, or $619 with Windows 7 Professional. Both versions have 2GB of RAM and a 32GB SSD. (Acer also makes a keyboard-less Android version, called the Iconia A500.)
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In the case of the Acer W500, we saw a lot of potentially good ideas, but the overall effect was undone by half-baked physical design. After struggling with docking, undocking, and folding down the W500, it's clear that if any designer at Apple presented this product in its current form to Steve Jobs, they'd quickly find themselves reassigned as the night janitor at an Apple store in Siberia.
When the screen and keyboard of the W500 are connected to each other, it looks much like any other 10-inch Netbook, with a drab gray-and-black design and chunky body. It's so laptop-like, it feels like one should be able to simply fold it shut, like any other clamshell design. Unfortunately, that's not the case.
To close the system, you must pull the screen straight up, detaching it from the keyboard, and then close a flap on the keyboard dock that covers the docking connection. From there, the screen is placed on top of the keyboard, face down, where a small magnet in one corner holds it in place (sort of). Finally, a physical latch on the front lip of the dock has to get pushed into place. After all that, you have something that looks pretty much like a closed laptop, although if it's not handled exactly right, the two halves will come apart.
To take the closed system and convert it back to a faux laptop the steps must be reversed, which is, if that's even possible, a more awkward exercise. It also means the system is literally impossible to either open or close one-handed.
Taking a lesson from the recent 14-inch dual-screen Iconia laptop (which is really a very fun machine to play with), Acer includes a few custom tablet-oriented apps. As on the larger Iconia, tapping down with five fingertips on the screen brings up a jogwheel-like menu, which grants access to finger-friendly apps such as a social media browser and augmented Web browser. The TouchBrowser, as it's called, is easier to use than a standard Web browser, but these custom apps all took several long seconds to launch, which slowed us down considerably.
The separate keyboard dock has shallow but acceptable island-style keys, but in tablet mode, using the built-in Windows onscreen keyboard, remains a challenge.
The keyboard dock includes only a trackpoint for onscreen navigation. We'd much prefer a touch pad, even a tiny one, especially as the left and right mouse buttons for the trackpoint are so narrow and mounted right on the front lip of the keyboard dock. Note that the W500 keyboard dock only works when connected to the tablet though its proprietary plug, so you can't use it wirelessly as one might with a Bluetooth iPad keyboard.
The W500 skips the standard VGA video-out port, and instead substitutes an HDMI port, which seems like a positive, but may depend on your specific video needs. It also includes Bluetooth, missing from many 10-inch Netbooks, but note that the two USB ports are located in the keyboard base, not in the detachable screen, so you won't be able to use them in tablet mode.
The W500 performs about as well, if not better, than other small-screen Windows tablets we've tested over the years. Even with the low-power processor, we were able to stream Netflix video and scroll through Web pages with a minimum of stuttering. Powered by AMD's 1GHz dual-core C-50 processor, the touch screen was responsive, and dragging a finger down the screen actually resulted in something close to satisfactory scrolling--a task many Windows tablets seem to especially have trouble with.
Matched up against other Netbooks and ultraportable laptops, the W500 was comparable in our benchmark tests with systems using Intel's standard dual-core Atom N550 CPU, but well behind AMD's step-up E-350, which is found in several 11-inch laptops (and we'd be very eager to check out a future tablet with that Fusion E-350 processor).
Acer Iconia Tab W500
ViewSonic ViewPad 10
Dell Latitude 2120
Archos 9 PC Tablet
Toshiba Libretto W105-L251
The battery life on the Acer W500 is a mixed bag. At 4 hours and 6 minutes on our video playback battery drain test, it's solid for a Netbook and much better than most previous Windows tablets. But, in the wake of recent non-Windows tablets that can run for twice that or more (admittedly using different hardware and operating system software), consumers may have different expectations for tablet battery life today.
Acer includes a standard one-year warranty with the W500, and the company's support Web site is good at providing a list of appropriate driver software and FAQ pages for your particular model of laptop. The telephone support number can be hard to find; try 800-816-2237 between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. PT, but you'll probably need your system's serial or SSID number.
Jalbum photo conversion test (in seconds)
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Toshiba Libretto W105-L251
Dell Latitude 2120
Acer Iconia Tab W500
ViewSonic ViewPad 10
Acer Iconia One 10
Archos 9 PC Tablet
Multimedia multitasking test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Toshiba Libretto W105-L251
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Acer Iconia Tab W500
Dell Latitude 2120
ViewSonic ViewPad 10
Archos 9 PC Tablet
Apple iTunes encoding test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Toshiba Libretto W105-L251
Acer Iconia Tab W500
ViewSonic ViewPad 10
Dell Latitude 2120
Archos 9 PC Tablet
Video playback battery drain test (in minutes)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Dell Latitude 2120
Acer Iconia Tab W500
Archos 9 PC Tablet
ViewSonic ViewPad 10
Toshiba Libretto W105-L251
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System configurations
Acer Iconia Tab W500 Windows 7 Home Premium; 1GHz AMD C-50 Dual-Core; 2048MB DDR3 SDRAM 667MHz; 384MB (Dedicated) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6250; 32GB SanDisk SSD
ViewSonic ViewPad 10
Windows 7 Home Premium/Android 1.6; 1.66GHz Intel Atom N455; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 3150; 16GB SanDisk SSD
Dell Latitude 2120
Windows 7 Home Premium; 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 Dual-Core; 2048MB DDR3 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB (Shared) Intel GMA 3150; 250GB Seagate 5400rpm
Toshiba Libretto W105-L251
Windows 7 Home Premium; 1.2GHz Intel Pentium U5400; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 728MB (Shared) Intel GMA HD; 62GB Toshiba SSD
Archos 9 PC Tablet
Windows 7 Starter; 1.1GHz Intel Atom Z515; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz; 250MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 500; 60GB Toshiba 4200rpm
Hi,
Thanks for asking! As I understand, you want are facing issues with Pen & Touch options not showing in Control Panel. Correct me if I am wrong.
Before we proceed, I would like to collect some information on the issue.
1.Have you made any recent changes to the system prior to the issue?
2.What is the exact error message you get?
Method 1:
Follow these steps and run the hardware and devices troubleshooter. Check if it helps.
Light windows version. a)Press “Windows Key + R”, type Control Panel.
b)Then type “Troubleshooting” in the Search box and hit enter.
c)Select “Hardware and Sound” from the Troubleshooter Window.
d)Select “Hardware”.
e)Follow the On Screen instructions.
Method 2:
Follow these steps, uninstall and re-install the Human-Interface Device Drivers in compatibility mode. Wingate proxy server download. Check if it helps.
Note: Download the drivers from the Manufacturer’s website and save it on to the Desktop.
a)Press Windows Key + R, type devmgmt.msc.
b)Expand the Human-Interface Device Adapter click on the drivers.
c)Click on properties, click on uninstall tab.
d)Click OK.
e)Right-click on the driver (Downloaded from the manufacturer’s website) file.
f)Click on Properties and select the Compatibility tab.
g)Click the checkbox before Run this program in Compatibility mode for option and select Windows 7.
h)In the list-down box; then try installing the device driver via Run as administrator.
For more information: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/what-device-isnt-installed-properly
Reply back with the results, I would be glad to assist you further.
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