DOCUMENT:Q224337  25-JUL-2001  [winnt]
TITLE   :Errors Noted in Event Viewer After Installing Wacom Tablet
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT
PROD/VER:winnt:4.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbhw kbtool kbui kbHardware

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbhw kbtool kbui kbHardware 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400xsearch kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400 kbWinNTS400xsearch kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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