Apparently getting rid of those ripples requires two non-obvious things:
- First, the Tablet PC Components need to be enabled (in Turn Windows Features On/Off)
- Second, the setting is not exposed in the UI, but must be switched by registry or group policy editing.
The setting is located in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC\
, a DWORD value named TurnOffPenFeedback
which should be set to 1 (0x00000001
).
As an alternative to direct registry editing, use gpedit.msc
tool to edit the group policy for your machine. The setting is located under Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Tablet PC > Cursors. (Group Policy is only available in Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions.)
But still the most important part: The setting is only honoured if the Tablet PC Components are installed, so if you (like me) removed them in the hope of just having a normal PC with tablet input, you have to re-install them (and then proceed to disable all the features that are unhelpful and get in the way on non-tablet computers.)