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The thread discusses the issue of WISPTIS.EXE, a component linked to the "Tablet PC Input Service," launching automatically when running programs like "Toad for MySQL" on Windows 7, even after disabling the related service. The original poster wonders why disabling the service doesn't prevent WISPTIS.EXE from starting and asks how to truly prevent its execution, contemplating deleting the executable. A respondent suggests that Toad might invoke WISPTIS for input features and recommends adjusting permissions or checking input language settings rather than deleting the file.
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I disabled the "Tablet PC Input Service" in Services management console for a Desktop 64bit Win 7.
I guess this is the underlying service for WISPTIS.EXE

Now when I start some other tools like "Toad for MySQL" then this program is started automatically anyway.

It is running as

C:\Windows\System32\WISPTIS.EXE /ManualLaunch

Since I found no option in Toad.exe it must be started automatically by Win7 itself.
Even worse: After exit of Toad WISPTIS continues to run.

Why ?

Why is disabling a service not enough?

Maybe it is run not as a service but as a "normal" program?
On another Win 7 computer it is NOT started when Toad is launched.
Very strange

How can I really, really get rid of this WISPTIS.EXE start?

Can I simply delete it?

Peter
 

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I'm not sure but maybe your Toad program is for some reason calling for onscreen keyboard support or something similar, I would ask the authors of the program about that. Don't delete wisptis.exe, instead add an Everyone-Deny permission on the Execute attribute of the file only.
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I'm not sure but maybe your Toad program is for some reason calling for onscreen keyboard support or something similar, I would ask the authors of the program about that. Don't delete wisptis.exe, instead add an Everyone-Deny permission on the Execute attribute of the file only.
 

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Oh before you do the above, you could try going to Languages and Settings in control panel and make sure you don't have an alternate input device that may require wisptis.exe to be running to use.
 

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