Re: Installing XP Pro on a Tablet

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From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:29:22 -0600

Greetings --

    You do realize, don't you, that WinXP Tablet PC Edition is a
_superset_ of WinXP Pro? This means that WinXP Tablet PC Edition can
do everything WinXP Pro can do, plus has the additional functionality
necessary for the proper functioning of a Tablet. By replacing the
original OS with WinXP Pro you've, in affect, downgraded your Tablet
PC to a normal laptop, without gaining anything. What were you trying
to accomplish?

    It you want your Tablet PC to work as a Tablet PC, simply restore
the original WinXP Tablet PC Edition operating system.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Tom T." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5c6601c474a8$045d5610$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi, all.
>
> Has anyone ever tried installing Windows XP Pro on a
> tablet PC? I have installed XP Pro on my Fujitsu ST5010
> tablet, but am missing functionality in a couple of
> areas: the screen won't rotate, the pen won't work,
> Windows Journal is missing.
>
> Specifically the pen, even after I installed all required
> software from the hardware vendor, the pen still ceases
> to work.
>
> Has anyone found a way around this? How involved would it
> be to try and get this to work?
>
> Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Tom

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