Multi Touch Screen Acer T230H in Windows Server 2008 R2

[rickote]

I got a MultiTouch Screen Acer T230H with Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation in a new Dell T110 server partially working.

As some background, I also have installed:
A cheap 512MB PCIe video card to replace the motherboard “what the heck Dell was thinking about” VGA 8MB video “adapter”.
Sound Blaster X-FI card (the server came without audio at all)
A Win TV 1850 card that I made partially working following instructions in other post here (see my post about BDAforserver)

Now for the Touch Screen: After activating Desktop Experience, Tablet PC Input Service, and setting the Tablet PC settings I get a ‘Single Touch Input Available” under the “View Basic Information about your Computer”. when in reality in a Windows 7 I get a 2 point Touch Input.
The difference is that I don’t have all the convenient Flicks for V/H Scroll, rotate, and Pan. I can use the screen as a mouse (that can be painful) but that’s it.
Does somebody succeed to get full multi touch on server 2008 R2?
I think this can be a great feature for server racks where there is limited space to maneuver with keyboard and mouse, and just for a kick check of logs or intervention will save you time and pain. I don’t understand why Microsoft doesn’t have an easy way to activate this with multi touch screens.
Any experiences with Multi Touch Screens on Windows Server would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[stepleon]

Any luck with Multitouch under W2008 R2?

I am looking at the Lenovo W510 which has the option but it is not worth the money to me if I can’t use it under W2008 R2.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Any luck with Multitouch under W2008 R2?

I am looking at the Lenovo W510 which has the option but it is not worth the money to me if I can’t use it under W2008 R2.

Thanks

[rickote]

No luck with Multitouch yet, just single touch. Al least got enough for loging in an moving around menus and logs. Also, I can poke and feed the fishes in my screensaver, but the multitouch and scrolling textures would be great to use the browser in a touchphone fashion.

[Anonymous]

No luck with Multitouch yet, just single touch. Al least got enough for loging in an moving around menus and logs. Also, I can poke and feed the fishes in my screensaver, but the multitouch and scrolling textures would be great to use the browser in a touchphone fashion.

[DavidRSullivan]

Try this:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsTablet PC]
“IsTabletPC”=dword:00000ac1
“DeviceKind”=dword:00000000

After tabtip.exe is running.

[Anonymous]

Try this:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsTablet PC]
“IsTabletPC”=dword:00000ac1
“DeviceKind”=dword:00000000

After tabtip.exe is running.

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