Pen Toolbar Goes Gray paul[ at ]paulb.cc 12/25/2008 3:16:12 PM OneNote 2007, Windows XP. OneNote Starts with (apparently) active MyPens toolbar. But if I try to select a pen, the toolbar goes gray and stays gray thereafter. If I quit and restart OneNote the active toolbar reappears but goes gray again as soon as pen is selected. To keep things simple: this behavior is observed with a standard mouse, but occurs as well with a Wacom tablet. Ideas?

Re: Pen Toolbar Goes Gray paul[ at ]paulb.cc 12/26/2008 11:33:16 AM After trial and error I determined that the OneNote problem described below is prevented by using msconfig to disable the Plug and Play service at startup. Why this should be is a question and what is the long term work around? On Dec 25, 10:16 am, p...[ at ]paulb.cc wrote: [Quoted Text] > OneNote 2007, Windows XP. OneNote Starts with (apparently) active > MyPens toolbar. But if I try to select a pen, the toolbar goes gray > and stays gray thereafter. If I quit and restart OneNote the active > toolbar reappears but goes gray again as soon as pen is selected. > > To keep things simple: this behavior is observed with a standard > mouse, but occurs as well with a Wacom tablet. > > Ideas?

Re: Pen Toolbar Goes Gray "Josh Einstein" <josheinstein[ at ]hotmail.com> 12/26/2008 4:13:10 PM For a long term workaround, how about re-enabling such a critical Windows service. :) Merry Christmas/Happy New Year, Josh Einstein <paul[ at ]paulb.cc> wrote in message news:46c3848d-83c0-43ca-b6ad-a22dbd78a6c5[ at ]j11g2000yqg.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > After trial and error I determined that the OneNote problem described > below is prevented by using msconfig to disable the Plug and Play > service at startup. Why this should be is a question and what is the > long term work around? > > On Dec 25, 10:16 am, p...[ at ]paulb.cc wrote: >> OneNote 2007, Windows XP. OneNote Starts with (apparently) active >> MyPens toolbar. But if I try to select a pen, the toolbar goes gray >> and stays gray thereafter. If I quit and restart OneNote the active >> toolbar reappears but goes gray again as soon as pen is selected. >> >> To keep things simple: this behavior is observed with a standard >> mouse, but occurs as well with a Wacom tablet. >> >> Ideas? >