Let’s assume that you are trying to play BioShock
Here’s how to fix it:
- Go to Windows Control panel -> Programs and Features
- Click “Turn Windows features on or off” on the left.
- Look for “Tablet PC Optional Components” (or perhaps “Mobile Tablet PC”)
- Uncheck it and press OK.
Your tablet will still work. The only side effect should be that some of the annoying tablet features that came with your Wacom driver will be disabled. It’s a win/win in my opinion. Or if you must have them, you can just re-enable them when you’re done with the game.
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Update1: This page still gets a fair number of hits; welcome visitors. I thought I’d throw in another bone, since I’m playing through this game again myself in prep for Bioshock 2. Let’s fix another annoyance while we’re at it.
Here’s how to get rid of the intro screens which take like 30 seconds before you can start the game each time. To do this, edit your Bioshock shortcut to look like the below screenshot. (In the target line, you’re adding -nointro.) (There should be a space between that last quotation mark and the dash.) (If you’re accessing your shortcut from your Games menu, you right click it, Customize, then click Edit.)
Update2: another tip. If you have issue understanding some of the voices in the game like I did, rather than turn on subtitles you can simply turn down the sound effect and music volumes, then turn up the system volume to compensate. Recordings and radio messages can be replayed and read in the tape section of the map screen.
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Comments 11
Thank you so much. -_-
Posted 31 Jul 2008 at 7:01 pm ¶wow f*cking win!!! You really killed two annoying birds w/ one stone.
Posted 25 Sep 2008 at 3:08 am ¶Thanks!
Posted 31 Oct 2008 at 9:01 pm ¶Thanks for this fix. I had a feeling it may have been something to do with my tablet but wasn’t sure how to completely disable the retarded Vista TabletPC stuff.
Posted 02 Apr 2009 at 12:50 am ¶Wow dude thank you so much. I haven’t tested to see if it works yet but so far this is the only answer that makes sense none of that “Durp well maybe you should clean up the inside of yer compootah.”
And whilst helping me you made me feel awesome :3
Posted 17 Jun 2009 at 9:07 pm ¶No didn’t work :(
Posted 17 Jun 2009 at 9:10 pm ¶thanks so much! Who would have thought????!?!?! How on earth did you figure it out?
Posted 16 Aug 2009 at 7:29 am ¶damn, it didnt work, ive heard every fix and solution and none of them work, im not sure if its just my computer, or something wrong with the game, id appreciate any help
Posted 26 Aug 2009 at 2:30 pm ¶@jacob: Where does the game crash/freeze on you? Do any other games have issues? Have you tried running it DX9 vs DX10? (at least I think that’s an option, it’s been so long since I played). Do you have your latest video driver installed? And Bioshock 1.1 patch?
@Void: I think I discovered on my own that having the tablet unplugged caused the game to not freeze, because I knew I had played it fine before with the same comp setup prior to getting that tablet. This was annoying to me so a little googling led me to the solution I linked to at the bottom of the post in the (via).
@All: I’m glad I could help, if indeed it did.
Posted 01 Sep 2009 at 7:56 pm ¶3+ years later:
You’re my hero XD
Just out of curiosity, how did you figure out that the tablet PC components (of all things) was causing the freezing issue? It seems odd to me…
Anyway, thanks again!
Posted 13 Jul 2011 at 12:59 pm ¶Duh…never mind, I just saw the answer to my question right above my comment (I’m so ditzy sometimes :/)
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