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original title: IS THERE A WAY TO TURN OFF THE "ON SCREEN KEYBOARD", SO IT DOSEN'T COME UP EVERYTIME I TURN ON MY COMPUTER?
HOW DO I TURN OFF THE ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD, SO IT DOSEN'T POP-UP EVERYTIME I TURN ON MY COMPUTER.
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Just go to the start screen, and then to Control Panel. In the search box for Control Panel, type Administrative Tools, or click it if you see it already. Scroll down to the Services shortcut and select that.
If you scroll down in the list of services to the 'T' area, you should see Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Service, or words to that effect. It is running, and on Automatic start type. Stop the service, then go into Properties and switch the startup type to Disabled.
Hi,
Control Panel - Ease of Access
Or WIN Key +U (Hold Win Key and touch U)
How to Turn the On-Screen Keyboard On or Off in Vista
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72733-screen-keyboard.html
Hide a persistant on-screen keyboard in Vista
http://itsvista.com/2007/06/itsvista-tip-60-hide-a-persistant-on-screen-keyboard-in-vista/
Enable/Disable On-Screen Keyboard
http://www.technipages.com/enabledisable-on-screen-keyboard.html
Hope this helps.
Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP <- profile - Windows Expert - Consumer : Bicycle <- Mark Twain said it right.
HOW DO I TURN OFF THE ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD, SO IT DOSEN'T POP-UP EVERYTIME I TURN ON MY COMPUTER.
Start button > Control Panel > classic view > Ease of Access > click Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard > UN-check Use ON-screen Keyboard > Save
t-4-2
Hi there,
Have found how to do it on my Surface Pro 4 because this was frankly doing my head in.
Start > Settings > Devices > Typing
Scroll down and turn OFF "Show the touch keyboard when not in tablet mode and there is no keyboard attached". (This appears to refer to the touch cover keyboard)
This seems to depend on turning off Tablet Mode in the expanded Notifications panel:
Click Notifications, top right of the taskbar
Expand the button list > Tap "Tablet Mode" until it is explicitly turned OFF.
==>The catch<==
You'll need to explicitly turn the touch keyboard on with the taskbar button if you're using it as a tablet.
==>Captain Obvious time<==
And for MS support: It would be really obvious to have a flag in the OS to automatically turn off the onscreen keyboard if a Bluetooth keyboard is connected.
I give up...
