Windows 10: Windows 11 Pen & Windows Ink won't turn off

Hi all, I've disabled Pen & Windows Ink before using a register hack in Win 10. Then I upgraded to Win 11 and everything seemed fine until today. Somehow the feature has been re-enabled!? The handwriting thing keeps popping up in selectboxes. Also the blue drop icon is back. What I have tried:- Change the settings in the Pen & Windows Ink menu, Never show the handwriting keyboard. Does nothing- Changed the .exe of the PenInk tool so that it can't startup- Removed all running instances of the pen tool using tutorials- Edited all register entries connected to this Pen thing -

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Surface Pen not inking after a week

Windows 10 21H1, Surface 7, Surface Pen.

I have undertaken the following steps:

• windows is up-to-date
  
• uninstalled drivers (Pen and related, Ink)
  
• updated drivers
  
• complete shutdown into UEFI
  
• changed battery
  
• tried alternate pen which worked (friends that worked)
  
• tried pen on his surface (failed)
  
• changed pen tip (ridiculous step if you don't have the spare tips)
  
• connected and reconnected bluetooth
  
• cleaned the connectors of the pen as best as I can
  
• I've seen a recommendation to update to Windows 11, however I am not comfortable in doing so at this stage. It should be functioning with Windows 10, there is no reason for it not to.
  

On two occasions the pen inked for approximately 1 minute, then stopped.

The purpose of my surface was for university this year, but if the pen fails after a week. It will be best to return the various Microsoft Surface, Keyboard, and Pen, and looking into Apple's alternatives. I can't be spending hours (still in support queue at the time of writing) trying to troubleshoot this each time Microsoft's product fails to meet standards...

 

Windows Ink 2: Digging Deeper with Ink and Pen

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Bamboo Ink Pen

Hi Billy,

Using a Bamboo Ink Pen doesn't require a specific tablet for it to work as long as you're using a touch-capable tablet or PC. For us to provide you the possible resolution and the accurate information as to why you're having issues with Bamboo Ink Pen, answer
the following questions:

• What is the make and model of your device?
• Were there any changes made on your computer prior to this concern?
• Have you tried updating the driver of your Bamboo Ink Pen to isolate compatibility issues?
• To make sure that we have not missed on anything, what troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

Looking forward to the requested information for us to assist you.