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[resolved] Hawku Driver not working after Windows Update

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XuWorlduX
The latest windows security update (KB5003637) broke the Hawku Driver.
The screen mapping is no longer working for some users with multi-desktop setups.

If you are still using the driver which is no longer updated you can find a possible solution in this thread.


How do I fix this without breaking my muscle memory?
Important: Take a photo / screenshot of your settings before doing any of these steps, just to be safe.

  1. First head over to the "Misc" tab in your driver.
  2. You will find the auto determined screen area there.
  3. Now replace these values with your playing screen resolution. For example width 1920, height 1080 depending on your screen resolution.
  4. Now head over to the "Area" tab of your driver.
  5. Select the "Set Area" dropdown and select "full desktop".
  6. Finally hit the "Save settings" button to apply your settings.
To check if everything works again as before without destroying your muscle memory, you can look at the width and height values on your screenshot and compare them to the new ones. They should be the exact same as before.

If these steps did not work for you or you found another solution, feel free to comment below.

Further reading:
https://github.com/hawku/TabletDriver/issues/1109
(Look into Pull Requests to see if anyone has fixed the issue even if the project has been abandoned)

Want to use an alternative driver?
One possible option can be found here: https://github.com/OpenTabletDriver/OpenTabletDriver
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Thanks for the post, but I think this is better suited on the GitHub repo for these drivers. In general, we recommend using drivers officially provided by the tablet manufacturer here instead of installing third party drivers.

For this case especially though, seeing as these drivers aren't even being maintained anymore (at least to my knowledge), it's probably best if people just make the switch to something else now rather than later. Another Windows update will probably come along and break things again in the future anyway.
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