Tools inoperative after Wacom install

Hi everybody,

Replaced my old mouse with a Wacom Graphire 2 tablet/mouse combo last week, and since then I've got a problem.

During almost every PS session suddenly the editing tools stop working. I mean burn/dodge/stamp/healing etc..
They are still selectable and when I apply them the history palet does register the edits, but nothing happens to the image.
It's just like accidently having the wrong layer active.

The awkward thing is: I have to quit PS, and delete the pref file, relaunch PS, go through the prefs and set them to my liking and proceed with my work for anything between 5 minutes and an hour, and then go through it again.

A forum search brought up only the advice to delete the prefs file...

Got Win 2000 pro SP2 / PS 7.01.

The old mouse is broken. It's switched off in device manager.

Any clue?

Rob

Think I found out myself:

Various things may cause bad Wacom behaviour, but now it looks as if more than one problem is solved.

The problem I had in PS looks to be caused by radio interference. This caused the tablet to be too "busy" to parse it's mouse/pen movement to PS. This RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) also caused occasional "shivering" of the cursor (in all apps)

Being an active HAM-radio operator I have some RFI here. Also a cell phone next to the tablet caused the cursor to go berserk when someone dropped me a line.

I've put the tablet flat against the face of my monitor (Philips 109S) with noticable influence there.

Ok I also downloaded the latest driver for the Wacom Graphire 2, and my prob seemes to be gone...

Any further ideas and I'll put them here.
Rob

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."

Thanks for the update. Good to keep in mind.