After I formatted my computer in May, I couldn’t get my tablet to work in Adobe Photoshop for a while, I tried both Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4. I have a Wacom Intuos3 4×6. My Logitech mouse would move around just fine but when I moved my pen across the tablet, the cursor would move move after several seconds. This was obviously unbearable for Photoshop. I tried all the solutions I found online but none of them seemed to work, I tried disabling all the graphic intensive plugins and options but it still lagged across the screen.
If this is happening to you, I might have the solution for you.
The problem was because of an issue with the default preference files. I had not made any specific preferences and this was already happening. Go to your start menu –> Programs –> Wacom Tablet –> Tablet Preference File Utility. Then press Remove All Preferences Files (you have to be admin to do this) and your Photoshop should work fine.
Leave me a comment if this worked for you!
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A google search for the exact problem I had lead me here. Thank you for the post, I totally forgot that utility even existed.
Woow – your hint totally helped me.
I have had this problem for so many months – thought that it must be Photoshop who was the bad guy.. turns out it wasnt..
Thanks again for posting this little trick.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I looked for an hour for somthing that would fix my problem and i JUST installed my tablet… there was nothing then i found this … IM SO HAPPY! thank you again!!!
Oh wow, it worked for me.
Thanks a ton
WOW! Thank you so much! Google suggested your site for my problem. photoshop cs4 only drew lines with my wacom bamboo. I tried it the way you wrote and it worked!! I’M SO HAPPY!!! THANK YOU!!! Finally I’m able to draw again! ^_^
Just going to chip in, this may not be in Start, mine was in Program Files\Tablet\Pen.
Worked a charm where the other fixes didn’t though.