UPDATE Viliv S5 driver calibration issue fixed with toothpick

For all of you experiencing issues with the Viliv S5 HID Driver I released recently this email may come as a welcome surprise! Looks as though the answer is in a toothpick! LOL! (And a simple set of instructions). While I am a little sceptical we have tried it with two machines and it works! The answer comes after much backwards and forwards between Tegatech and Viliv and may be just what the doctor ordered!

Not my mouth! LOL!

Try it out and let me know!

From Viliv:
 
The method is like that.

1. Control Panel => Device Manager=> Human Interface Device. => Check the 3 drivers (HID-compliant device, Microsoft Input Configuration Device, Viliv HID Touch). Mice and other pointing devices => Check HID-compliant mouse.

If the device has the problem, you re-install the HID driver.

1. You delete the Human Interface driver with the uninstall menu
2. You restart the S5 when restart message box is coming.
3. To delete the trace of the driver, you delete the following the files (Windowssystem32driver(i8042prt_hid.sys and i8042prt_atom.sys)
4. Control Panel => Mice and other pointing device => PS2 mouse Driver. Driver update using compatible option.
5. Restart the S5.
6. Reinstall the EC driver(0.54).(new driver online at Viliv here)
7. You have to calibration again with Tool is Control Panel => Hardware and Sound => Tablet PC Settings=> Display option => Click the Calibrate button.

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Viliv S5 gets HID Driver for Windows 7

Viliv has definitley been on the forefront of UMPC progression over the last year. They have worked diligently to provide these devices with great care, quality and full of features. Battery life on the S5 and X70 is beyond comparison (over 6hrs) and with GPS/3G built-in it is easy to see why they have so much traction. If anyone is thinking of buying an iPad (#FAIL)  then I would sincerely recommend looking at this machine as a contender (and winner) hands-down.


With all that in mind I am extremely excited to share with you that Viliv has one of the most exciting updates a Tablet enthusiast can imagine, i.e. a HID (human Interface Device) Driver for their S5. With the driver the unit gets a dose of steroids allowing it to function properly with stylus and much more! Without the HID Driver the unit clumsily calls-up the TIP (Tablet Input Panel), stumbles through calibration and suffers as a Tablet PC when compared to post-upgrade!

Here is a summary of what works well (and below a set of instructions)!

[No HID DRiver (TOP) | HID Drive (bottom)]

At login: accessibility keybaord was slow to load,

 and often covered vital portions of login boxes for people on Domains.

[No HID DRiver (TOP) | HID Drive (bottom)]

Interesting: The "muted keypad"

(i.e. hides keystrokes when someone is entering a password on a Tablet device)

is missing on non-HID device vs. HID enabled device

TIP (Tablet Input Panel) always availble now!!

Portrait Calibration: Now works when HID installed

(previously just greyed out on non-HID Viliv S5)

For those interested here are the install instructions:
 
A. For clean install Window 7 user

1. Extract the attached files
2. Find the mouse controller in Device manager 
3. If there is no S5 atom touch driver then please choose the PS2 Mouse Driver and choose the Driver Update menu to update the attached new HID Driver
4. After that, execute the calibration function in the Control Panel in Windows.

B. For Update s5 atom touch driver

1. Extract the attached files 
2. Find the mouse controller in Device manager 
3. If there is the S5 atom touch driver then please uninstall Atom touch driver first
4. And Delete “i8042prt_atom.sys” file in C:windowssystem32drivers
5. After that, Reboot your S5 1~2 times
6. Find the mouse controller in Device manager 
7. If there is no S5 atom touch driver then please choose the PS2 Mouse Driver and choose the Driver Update menu to update the attached new HID Driver
8. After that, execute the calibration function in the Control Panel in Windows.

Download HID Driver for Viliv S5 here

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