I have a dell xt3, and when I first made my windows 10 reservation the compatibility settings said that n-trig duosense would not be supported. But then a few weeks later it disappeared and seemed to indicate it would be compatible. So I upgraded to W10 and everything is working fine. . . . touch is working as it should (4 touch points), and the stylus pen is supported and registers as a separate input method.
Only problem is the N-trig Duosense UI has disappeared from it usual location in Control Panel. So you can no longer set the input methods as 'pen' 'touch' dual' or 'auto'.
This is a bit of a pain as I used to have it set to 'auto', so the pen would disengage 'touch' when close to the screen, and then do the double tap with a finger to re-engage 'touch' input. As I'm sure you know this would eliminate unwanted palm touches etc; and even though W10 is meant to have good palm rejection, I find it is not perfect and I get random marks when inking in some applications like "Journal".
But there is a useful little application available to download online called "tray touch toggle", which I have set to run at start-up, so you can just tap on a little icon in the system tray and turn touch off or on easily.
Hope this helps. I understand where you're coming from, I also searched for days looking for info about n-trig and W10 support,. but to no avail. It seems now that Microsoft have bought n-trig all references to it, and driver support etc have vanished.
But I have found the pen support on W10 to be good. The tracking and latency in the handwriting input panel is very good; and almost as good in Journal and Onenote. The Input panel has changed a bit from Windows 7 (I didn't use W8) It appears as a small, dark floating panel; or full width docked to the taskbar.
Initially I found it necessary to run the application every time you start your computer (as it's not an installed program). So I followed a tutorial online to schedule it to run at start up (such as this http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-schedule-programs-run-automatically-windows-7.htm which is for W7, but it's pretty similar.) And then set the icon to appear on the system tray via Notifications . . . . . . I think. . . . . . .you may need to google advice on that one, I can't quite remember how I got that bit to work.
I imagine the xt2 would be fairly similar, ( you can always downgrade within a month if it's a no-go) Good Luck, Matthew
WOW!!! what an excellent response. *clap*clap*clap*
thank you so much for taking the time to write a detailed and comprehensive response, i am grateful. it gets quite frustrating when one can't find an answer online, so, i do sincerely thank you for the information and a description of your own first-hand experience. i will keep the links you provided handy; however, some time after my initial post, i decided that it is probably not a good idea to update an operating system on one's existing computer. updating software applications is one thing, but not an entire operating system. i read enough of other folks' experiences on this forum that it scared me away--N-trig duosense or not. so, i have decided to stick to windows 7 (yayyyy!) on my two dell tablet p.c.s and figure that a new operating system should only be used on a new computer (or on a reformatted computer if one is starting from the beginning again). i am also wary of the 'rollback' guarantee. i am not sure what would happen if i decide to change back from windows 10 to windows 7--would i lose something, etc? so, i am just going to stick to my current OS on my current computers since i am very happy with it.
on the other hand, if i do change my mind for any reason, i am relieved that i have your post and links to refer to. =:-) THANK YOU!!!!!! wishing you all the best.
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August 27th, 2015 23:00
Hi Dr Sylvie
I have a dell xt3, and when I first made my windows 10 reservation the compatibility settings said that n-trig duosense would not be supported. But then a few weeks later it disappeared and seemed to indicate it would be compatible. So I upgraded to W10 and everything is working fine. . . . touch is working as it should (4 touch points), and the stylus pen is supported and registers as a separate input method.
Only problem is the N-trig Duosense UI has disappeared from it usual location in Control Panel. So you can no longer set the input methods as 'pen' 'touch' dual' or 'auto'.
This is a bit of a pain as I used to have it set to 'auto', so the pen would disengage 'touch' when close to the screen, and then do the double tap with a finger to re-engage 'touch' input. As I'm sure you know this would eliminate unwanted palm touches etc; and even though W10 is meant to have good palm rejection, I find it is not perfect and I get random marks when inking in some applications like "Journal".
But there is a useful little application available to download online called "tray touch toggle", which I have set to run at start-up, so you can just tap on a little icon in the system tray and turn touch off or on easily.
Hope this helps. I understand where you're coming from, I also searched for days looking for info about n-trig and W10 support,. but to no avail. It seems now that Microsoft have bought n-trig all references to it, and driver support etc have vanished.
But I have found the pen support on W10 to be good. The tracking and latency in the handwriting input panel is very good; and almost as good in Journal and Onenote. The Input panel has changed a bit from Windows 7 (I didn't use W8) It appears as a small, dark floating panel; or full width docked to the taskbar.
If you get to this point and want it, you can download the tray touch toggle from touch-toggle - Toggle Windows 7 Touch Interface On/Off - Google Project Hosting
Initially I found it necessary to run the application every time you start your computer (as it's not an installed program). So I followed a tutorial online to schedule it to run at start up (such as this http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-schedule-programs-run-automatically-windows-7.htm which is for W7, but it's pretty similar.) And then set the icon to appear on the system tray via Notifications . . . . . . I think. . . . . . .you may need to google advice on that one, I can't quite remember how I got that bit to work.
I imagine the xt2 would be fairly similar, ( you can always downgrade within a month if it's a no-go) Good Luck, Matthew
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WOW!!! what an excellent response. *clap*clap*clap*
thank you so much for taking the time to write a detailed and comprehensive response, i am grateful. it gets quite frustrating when one can't find an answer online, so, i do sincerely thank you for the information and a description of your own first-hand experience. i will keep the links you provided handy; however, some time after my initial post, i decided that it is probably not a good idea to update an operating system on one's existing computer. updating software applications is one thing, but not an entire operating system. i read enough of other folks' experiences on this forum that it scared me away--N-trig duosense or not. so, i have decided to stick to windows 7 (yayyyy!) on my two dell tablet p.c.s and figure that a new operating system should only be used on a new computer (or on a reformatted computer if one is starting from the beginning again). i am also wary of the 'rollback' guarantee. i am not sure what would happen if i decide to change back from windows 10 to windows 7--would i lose something, etc? so, i am just going to stick to my current OS on my current computers since i am very happy with it.
on the other hand, if i do change my mind for any reason, i am relieved that i have your post and links to refer to. =:-) THANK YOU!!!!!! wishing you all the best.