Tablet problems

I have a terrible headache from trying to wrestle with my Wacom Intuos3 Tablet. -_-

Every time I plug it in and get the drivers installed, SOMETHING goes wrong.

Current issue? It seems like, in any program that has some sort of pen tablet support installed, I can’t move the pen. It will sense the original position, and then the cursor won’t move until I have moved the pen up enough, so that it is out of the sensing range.

GAHH. SO FRUSTRATING.

Is it so bad that I wanted to sketch something with my tablet to relax a bit? Must I pay the price of a terrible headache, without even benefiting from the ability to draw again with my tablet? :/