Errors Noted in Event Viewer After Installing Wacom Tablet (224337)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0

This article was previously published under Q224337

SYMPTOMS

After you install the Wacom Tablet and driver for Windows NT 4.0, the following system events are logged in the Event Viewer when you start your computer:
  • Event ID: 22
    Source: Serial
    A conflict has been detected between two drivers which claimed two overlapping IO port regions. Driver Serial, with device <\Device\Serial0.Translated>, claimed an IO port range with starting address in data address 0x28 and 0x2c, and length in data address 0x30.
  • Event ID: 22
    Source: Serial
    A conflict has been detected between two drivers which claimed two overlapping IO port regions. Driver Wacom, with device <\Device\PenPort0.Translated>, claimed an IO port range with starting address in data address 0x28 and 0x2c, and length in data address 0x30.
  • Event ID: 11
    Source: Serial
    The hardware resources for COMx are already in use by another device.
NOTE: You may want to configure Event Viewer to "Overwrite events as needed" in the Log Settings to avoid clearing your events repeatedly.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, contact Wacom to inquire about the availability of a fix for this issue.

To work around this issue, you can safely ignore these error messages.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/25/2001
Keywords:kbHardware kbprb kbui KB224337