Windows 7 Aero features taking over your Pen & Tablet?

Windows 7 has some great features, but there are times when you may want to dive in and disable a feature or two, to avoid going around the bend... A while back I revamped my computer with a clean install of Windows 7, all was going fabulously well until I discovered that my trusted pen and tablet were behaving in a not so trusted way. As soon as the pen touched the tablet, aero style rings (like pond ripples) appeared around the cursor, making it near impossible to see what I was doing...

I went searching for answers to rid myself of this problem and discovered the following solutions:

Prevent Aero style ripple animation around cursor when using pen on tablet

1. Click the Start button, and type: gpedit.msc in the search/run field: hit enter
2. This will open the  Local Group Policy editor 
3. Use the left side navigation tree: Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Tablet PC > Cursors 
4. Right click on Turn off pen feedback & select Edit
5. Select Enabled, Click Apply            

Prevent right click menu from launching when you press and hold pen on tablet

1. Click the Start button, click Control Panel
2. Select Hardware and Sound (or if you are viewing icons go straight to Pen and Touch)
3. Click Pen and Touch 
4. Select Press and hold, then click settings….
5. Un-check Enable press and hold right-clicking 
6. Click OK and Apply to save

Prevent the handwriting dialogue from showing on the edge of the screen when using the tablet

1. Click the Start button, click Control Panel
2. Click Programs (or if you are viewing icons, go to Programs and features)
3. Click Turn Windows features on or off. 
4. Un-check Tablet PC Components
5. Restart