Windows 10: Finally got a touchscreen monitor for the desktop PC!

The monitor I got is a Dell S2250T 21.5 inch (27 inch model was WAY too much to pay for an extra 5.5 inches) today and got it hooked up and on Windows 10 obviously.

I should have done this a LONG time ago.

The monitor is nice and crisp, and all for one thing it doesn't meet, the palm block technology which no one other than Wacom have, and adjusts much like the Surface Pro 3's kickstand. I wish it tilted down further but oh well. It's quite nice to use with touch, if my desk was about a few inches more it would be perfect for a standing desk set up.

But I'm posting this because I noticed an interesting thing with Windows 10 with its Continuum feature. It doesn't go tablet mode or full mouse only mode, it's in between. When I hooked it in, the notification tray spaced out like it does in tablet mode, context menus are larger (except Start X), and File Explorer seems like it has fuzzier touch targets but that's already been a thing. It's pretty awesome, there's no need to up the DPI as everything is just perfect to use with touch or mouse no problem. Very well done!

To the naysayers that say touch on a desktop is excrement to use, falsehoods! It's perfectly fine to use, the monitor cannot be perpendicular to your desktop because touch ergonomics are going to be different than mouse ergonomics. I like using it standing up, because standing is better than sitting. And as for the concerns of smudging of the screen, after a day's use it's not very noticeable. My phone gets more smudged up than this; and even then, you're not going to see it when the screen is on.

If it had a pen like the Surface Pro 3 and digitizer technology like it as well, it would definitely be perfect in every regard. But, compromises have to happen. That isn't to say it wasn't a worthwhile investment, I should have done this a long time ago.

Love it!

:)

 

I cannot calibrate a second touch screen in Windows 10

Well, I have got it working.

Under Tablet PC setting the Display Options calibrate button never becomes available, BUT the Setup button in the Configure box did allow me to select monitor 4 as the touchscreen monitor (which makes it the touchscreen monitor).

Calibrate never becomes available for the working touchscreen (4), but the calibration seems to be good.

Thanks.

 

Touchscreen desktop wont't go to sleep after upgrade to Windows 10

Hello everyone,

After few weeks of frustration, I finally found a glitch what prevented my computers to go to sleep after upgrading to Windows 10. I have in-house three laptops (one is touchscreen) and three desktops (two are touchscreens) and I upgraded all to Windows
10. The process went smoothly with the exception that the two touchscreen desktops refused to go to sleep as requested. I had (or at least I though that I hadn't) no background process or any hardware (I checked with powercfg). Finally, I physically disconnected
the USB which command one of the touchscreen monitor (a HP23TM monitor) and voila, the whole sleeping process started as expected. With the second desktop (an all-in-one), the solving was trickier since I had to disable the monitor going to Device Manager.

Now my big question is if Microsoft is working to a fix since I have to choose in-between having my computers going to sleep but not having the touch feature or the other way.

Before getting any pertinent answer, I have to mention that I checked all drivers (installed, uninstalled, etc) but for no avail.

Thank you so much for your support