# TSG: computer detects drawing tablet as a keyboard ## Overview When you plug a drawing tablet into a computer, the computer might say that it detects it as a keyboard. You can ignore this message. * It has no negative impact * There is no problem to be solved - but it is a good idea to check if you you have your tablet drivers installed and are using the latest version. ## Relation to other problems If you are experiencing some other problem with your table, this is very very very likely to be unrelated. To be specific, since it is so common, if your pen display says "NO SIGNAL", then this keyboard message is NOT related. ## Explanation First, you should realize that some drawing tablets have auxiliary inputs - things such as buttons, dials, etc. These are very common on drawing tablets though not every drawing tablet has them. Second, computers (for whatever reason) often detect tablets as multiple devices. This is quite normal. A great example is pen displays (screen tablets). Computers often do not detect them as a single device but as two separate devices. When you plug in a screen display your computer may think you have plugged in two devices: (1) a monitor - the screen of the tablet and (2) a pen tablet (i.e. a screenless tablet). This is normal. In a similar way, the auxiliary inputs on a tablet may be detected as another device - specifically a keyboard. So naturally, the computer starts asking questions about what kind of keyboard it is. Again, you can ignore your computer's questions about this "keyboard". Sometimes when people are having problems with their tablet they will see this message and think that their computer thinks the tablet is a keyboard and does not realize it is really a tablet, and that this detection as a keyboard is preventing the tablet from working normally. That's not what is happening. Treat the "keyboard detection" as an unrelated topic. Trying to "solve" it will only waste your time. This message might appear the first time you plug in your tablet, only after you've used your tablet for years, or appear frequently. I may appear a few times and then not again. What causes it to appear is unknown. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/troubleshoot/tsg-drawtab-detected-as-keyboard.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.