Hi .... just want to chime in that this tool is great and I've had really good luck with the calibration. One request and not sure if it's possible, but could you support portrait mode calibration as well? I tend to use OneNote in portrait mode and the accuracy is completely off. One I've run through your calibration, Landscape mode works fine.
Surface Tweak Tool for Surface Pro 2 - Release!
- Thread starter GoodBytes
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New Version - 1.0 Build 420
Download: http://www.nvgpupro.com/surfacetweaktool/Surface_Tweak_Tool.zip
This is version 1.0.0.420
- New - Start Windows' Personalize Handwriting Recognition panel under Pen Calibration section
- New - Left handed pen calibration option (80-points calibration only)
- New - Portrait and Landscape pen calibration. Simply turn the Surface Pro in portrait mode, and the software will execute the proper calibration.
- New - Works with Surface Pro 3 (all options are available except pen calibration)
- Font size fix for About and System information panels
- Minor interface fixes and improvements.
Download: http://www.nvgpupro.com/surfacetweaktool/Surface_Tweak_Tool.zip
This is version 1.0.0.420
Hi GoodBytes,
Thanks so much for creating such a nice tool! The pen calibration tool works great on the landscape mode. I was excited to try the portrait mode on the new version. However it does not seem to be working, at least on my Surface Pro. Every time after I run the calibration, the pen pointer ends up nowhere land. In other words, for example, if I point the pen on the center of the screen, the pointer shows up on the very edge of the right hand side of the screen. To fix it, I need to delete the pen coordinates in the registry and reboot. Wonder if anybody else is having the issue.
The 273 point calibration. I just tried the 80 point calibration and it worked! But the pen accuracy is still a tad off on some part of the screen so I really like to do the 273 calibration.
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Seems like norton doesn't like this freeware 
NIS keeps removing the exe file
NIS keeps removing the exe fileSeems like norton doesn't like this freeware
I have contacted the affected A/V software companies, about the false positives, and they have seam to have corrected the problem.
As for Norton, it gets flag as "WS.Reputation.1". This means that Norton marks my software as dangerous and removes it, because it not popular enough.
I would strongly suggest another A/V solution. Beside Norton has never been good, overpriced and drops system performance, as you can confirm by doing your own research on it.
53 Anti-Virus scan results of Surface Tweak Took:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...a7ac634683837350063c553f38b31bcae5d/analysis/
Thank you for the excellent software, Goodbytes.
I have a couple of questions regarding the portrait pen calibration:
1) I noticed a user above mentioned issues when trying to calibrate in portrait landscape using the 273pt test, but found success using the 80pt calibration. Is the portrait calibration limited to 80pt?
2) I had already calibrated my SP2 in landscape before discovering your software. Will calibrating in portrait using your software have any effect on my previous landscape calibration?
Thanks in advance.
I have a couple of questions regarding the portrait pen calibration:
1) I noticed a user above mentioned issues when trying to calibrate in portrait landscape using the 273pt test, but found success using the 80pt calibration. Is the portrait calibration limited to 80pt?
2) I had already calibrated my SP2 in landscape before discovering your software. Will calibrating in portrait using your software have any effect on my previous landscape calibration?
Thanks in advance.
Hi! I am trying to create a custom resolution, but when I click the link for it, nothing happens.
Any thoughts why this might be the case? Do I need to manually install updated Intel drivers for this to work?
I've got a Surface Pro 2 with the slower CPU variant, and all Windows updates up-to-date.
Any thoughts why this might be the case? Do I need to manually install updated Intel drivers for this to work?
I've got a Surface Pro 2 with the slower CPU variant, and all Windows updates up-to-date.
Currently Surface Tweak Tool only support 1 calibration. So you have to pick the orientation you use first, and calibrate it.
You may get away by first calibrating the pen that you want maximum precision with Surface Tweak Tool, and then once done, orient the device in the other orientation, and calibrate using Windows method.
All calibration mode in portrait mode should be working. However, I have no had time to test again 273point calibration option at this moment, but it is my todo list. Perhaps this week-end.
80 point calibration is the best method to calibrate any orientation, as it allows for interpolation to take place, for smooth and straighter lines from human error during the calibration process. The 80 point calibration was designed for Surface Pro 1 and 2 Wacom digitizer. The points are properly (well, the best I could) located, to place a point of correction when things get off hands from the digitizer. The 273 point calibration is something that was done by a person and spread over the Internet where it is designed to be a very generic calibration where it will would for any 1080p digitizer device. It doesn't allow interpolation, making that if teh calibration isn't perfect, it creates weavy lines as you draw them, and not fairly straight.
You need to have the Intel Control Panel installed. It was installed with the Surface Pro 2, however Microsoft removed it in the latest firmware for some reason.
I should do a check for this.
Get the latest drivers form Intel web site (get the zip file, not exe, and extract them). Note that you'll need to remove the current drivers from Device Manager, restart your system, and then back from Device Manager, install the drivers from the extracted files, else it won't work. Once done, restart your system once again.
The latest firmware created 2 issues in addition of not having the Intel Control Panel
-> Reduce number of colors (put a gradient black to white, full screen, you'll see it won't be smooth)
-> Reduce the number of options in fine tuning the brightness level of the display.
So it is a real screw up from Intel part. Intel fixed it, with newer drivers, but Microsoft didn't get them, probably they were release during testing and validation of the firmware process, and the above was not looked at.
