This is probably an issue that’s very specific to the 2710p, which is a nice machine, but a Vista restart takes 5+ minutes before the machine is usable again.

same problem as pyxus (same machine too!)
My Tecra M7’s tablet wont respond after hibernation.
I have tried every damn fix online, but none of them work. here is a quick list of fixes that I have tried:
1. all of microsoft’s hotfixes and upgrades
2. revert to older versions of wacom drivers (before 4.97)
3. use the wacom drivers available on wacom’s European site
4.enable a password for system startup and resume
5. tweak your registry settings for the tablet (add the line to the registry that is supposed to make the tablet resume after sleep (this was recommended by microsoft)
6. Hold the pen close to the screen during resume process
7. disable all of vista native tablet services (to prevent competion with wacom’s drivers
8. Vista SP1 beta, Installing this took forever, and one of the bullet points on the fix list was: fixes problems with devices not working after sleep/hibernation. But still, didnt work.

Sadly none of these fixes work, and vista takes a long time to restart. This machine is real close to being perfect, but this one glitch is pretty big. Sadly, the tablet PC is the one area of inovtaion that MS can claim, but they still managed to fubar it.

Dave, I don’t have this problem ever so I think you need to get HP to fix what is apparently a hardware defect in your device.

Hi James,

Have a 2710p and am really loving it and using it alongside my Samsung Q1 but am seeing a really annoying feature on the HP 2710p and wondered if you or anyone else has experienced this.

On numerous supend/resumes I find that although the WiFi adapter is enabled and working fine, I cannot see any WiFi networks. Performing 4 or 5 cold starts will eventually jump start it but also sometimes just plugging in a tethered network cable will jump start the WiFi adapter.

If I do an ipconfig/all the WiFi shows as disconnected. Manually switching off/on WiFi using the button fails to reconnect.

It seems rather hit and miss, and is a real PITA when it happens and nothing for sure seems to resolve it, it just seems like a random fix that sometimes it will start working again. I have the 2710P on charge and power settings set to HIGH PERFORMANCE.

Thanks In Advance!

After an year that i’m reading this wonderful blog, i can finally help you.

There is a step that you can take to make Vista activate all the devices also after a uncorrect resume. Follow the steps at the end of this page. It is involved modifying the registry!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928631/en-us

Go on like this, it is a pleasure to read you.

Tommaso – Italian Microsoft Student Partner

Sumo, this problem is Vista specific. The USB devices I am referring to are integrated into the device and can’t be plugged/ unplugged. The hotfix for Vista specifically states it addresses this known problem with Vista.

Yeah I have the a simlar problem except its with my intergrated USB wi-fi adaptor. There does appear to some post installation steps in the KB article that addresses the problem.

This is not an issue specific to Vista. I encountered issues like this on my old tablet running XP. No problems with my current tablet, but if I unplug a USB device while it’s in standby or immediately before going to standby, it can cause the system to hang.

Is my pen not working when I resume on my Toshiba Tecra M7 related to the USB problem? The Wacom HID Pen, Digitizer, and Virtual HID driver aren’t disabled when Vista resumes and enabling/disabling them does nothing.

It’s obviously not a USB connection but Wacom and M7 forums have just left me confused if it is related to the Vista USB problem, or Wacom drivers and the M7 BIOS turning off the pen when asleep but not being able to turn it back on. Restarting the Wacom driver as suggested by Wacom doesn’t help either. It just seems like tech support for MS, Wacom, and Toshiba wants to blame it on one of the others.

Has anyone on a Toshiba or non Toshiba Wacom digitized Tablet had this problem?

This is my only real gripe with Vista, as it takes forever to do a cold shutdown and restart. Now if only Ubuntu had handwriting recognition and an nvidia driver that would let me full screen scale resolutions besides native…

Exact same problem here!
Hopefully HP will come with updated drivers or a fix soon…