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    Cf-27 & XP PRO Touchscreen Trouble

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Ardith111, Jan 27, 2011.

  1. Ardith111

    Ardith111 Newbie

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    Evening gents!

    I was just attempting to revive my old Toughbook with a modern operating system (Windows xp pro in this case) when I ran into a small problem; the drivers were not identifying the touch screen!

    I started with the default driver (cf28_mk1_xp_mouse.exe ) and followed the
    setup.

    When I got to windows device manger, it said the device was fine, but
    I couldn't calibrate the screen.

    Naturally, I thought the drivers were bad, so I downloaded the drivers from Panasonic's official site and the same thing occurred.

    My last attempt involved using the ELLO touchscreen multi-pack. Once again, It Identified the touch screen (3 times?) And yet it messed up at the calibration.

    Here are my specs
    Windows XP Professional- 128 MB - Pentium II
    1.8 GB free space.

    I am not entirely sure what model this is, but I believe it might be MK-4, Seing as the Drivers didn't mess up when installed, and that was optimized for MK-4.

    Any help would be appreciated

    Regards

    Ardith111
     
    Ardith111, Jan 27, 2011
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  2. capt.dogfish

    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    Put Windows 2000 on the CF-27. It is not nearly enough machine for XP. I used to use a lot of 27s, trust me.
    CAP
     
    capt.dogfish, Jan 27, 2011
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    Dr Blood Notebook Geek

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    Dr Blood, Jan 27, 2011
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  4. ToughNut

    ToughNut Notebook Evangelist

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    Ardith111, you can have XP on a 27 but it'll crawl slowler than most snails. Max out your RAM and listen to the geezers. They KNOW what they're talking about.
     
    ToughNut, Jan 28, 2011
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  5. Ardith111

    Ardith111 Newbie

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    Well thanks for the help guys

    Reloaded 98SE on it cause it was SLOOOW!

    Thanks anyway and see you down the rabit hole!
     
    Ardith111, Jan 28, 2011
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