eGalax touch screen- Windows 8 thinks it's a mouse

[Doolster]

Well the whole reason i posted here is because even with the touch screen windows 8 doesnt want to recognize it as a touchscreen, ie swipe to scroll, automatic on screen keyboard, etc. It just prpvides the basic functionality as it wpuld with a traditional mouse and keyboard.

 

[Vince53]

Doolster, I'm no expert, but I suspect that a machine built for Windows XP just can't handle a touchscreen.

 

[Doolster]

What exactly do you mean by "Can't Handle"?

 

[Vince53]

What exactly do you mean by "Can't Handle"?

Monitors are designed to receive output from your computer, but a touch screen provides input. It is possible that there is just no hardware inside your computer able to receive information from a touch screen.

 

[Doolster]

That's what the touch controller is for. The touch screen is not an LCD, but a layer of glass that goes over the screen. It hooks into a touch controller which then allows you to plug it in to a USB

 

[GMan]

Well the whole reason i posted here is because even with the touch screen windows 8 doesnt want to recognize it as a touchscreen, ie swipe to scroll, automatic on screen keyboard, etc. It just prpvides the basic functionality as it wpuld with a traditional mouse and keyboard.

What happens when you type the word keyboard in the start menu and run the app that shows? Does that keyboard work for your touch?

 

[Vince53]

Doolster, I appreciate your explaining that to me. I had assumed that older computers simply could not operate a touchscreen.

 

[Doolster]

Yes the on screen keyboard works, but win8 has a special keyboard for a touch screen that automatically comes up, if you have a touchscreen. Mine doesnt do that though.

 

[Doolster]

bump
Anyone?

 

[stefalopod]

Hey doolster, do you have another machine running Windows 8 or 7 that you can plug your eGalax device into?

It would be interesting to see if windows 7 reads the eGalax as a mouse or as touch.

 

[Doolster]

It reads it as a mouse, same with windows 8.

 

[Doolster]

BUMP

 

[Doolster]

Double bump

 

[stefalopod]

It reads it as a mouse, same with windows 8.

Windows 7 or windows 8 on another machine?
If Windows 7, I think the driver for your egalax machine just isn't configured to communicate the touch as anything other than mouse strokes. Bummer.

 

[Doolster]

Oh well i guess until MS decides to make a driver for it i'll just use it like it is.

 

[GMan]

Oh well i guess until MS decides to make a driver for it i'll just use it like it is.

MS doesn't make drivers for hardware from other companies. If you haven't checked on the touch manufacturer's page yet for the latest driver to install, it would be a good idea to do that.

A quick eGalax search brings me to this driver:

eGalax_eMPIA Technology Inc. TouchKit Windows 7 Driver

on this page:

EETI eGalax Touch

 

[Doolster]

Yes that is the driver that i installed.

 

[Ademobile]

Yes that is the driver that i installed.

Ok I think you are having the same issue I was having. After a bit of googling I have found an answer that allows the touch screen to work correctly (again I believe). Uninstall all drivers that you installed restart then down load and install this one from the archos site: ftp://support.archos.com/Archos 9/D...en_Beta/HID_Digitizer_x86_PS2_100115_Beta.zip

I now can drag the screen etc on the metro interface without it acting like a mouse. If this does not work for you I am sorry, I just wanted to pass on what had found to ease my pain I was having!

 

[Doolster]

Sorry i tried that but my screen uses USB not PS/2 so it didnt work.

 

[Ademobile]

Sorry i tried that but my screen uses USB not PS/2 so it didnt work.

So does mine. What screen are you using?