'Caps Lock' notification - Appears on the screen when I am typing which stops me from typing for a second or two

Anonymous
2010-02-18T09:12:31+00:00

I've just got windows 7 and I am having great difficulties in typing. Everytime I press the 'caps lock' key a little notification pops up on the bottom right of my screen. This isn't that annoying but it does stop me from typing for the second or two that it is up for. How do I turn this pointless feature off so I can continue typing?

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Anonymous
2010-10-24T13:19:00+00:00

I finally found a reasonable solution on my laptop....

Go to Control Panel > Ease of Access > Ease of Access Center > and at the bottom of the screen select "Make it easier to focus on tasks"

Then scroll down and select "Adjust time limits and flashing visuals" and unclick the option

The end result is that you will still see the notification that CAPs has been turned on or off, but it will not cause a pause in your typing.

Hope this helps!  I thought I was going to chuck my laptop out the window if I didn't figure out how to change this setting....

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2010-02-18T10:47:14+00:00

I've just got windows 7 and I am having great difficulties in typing. Everytime I press the 'caps lock' key a little notification pops up on the bottom right of my screen. This isn't that annoying but it does stop me from typing for the second or two that it is up for. How do I turn this pointless feature off so I can continue typing?

Hi

It sounds like one of the Accessibility options has been enabled.

Open Control Panel/Ease of Access Center.

Select the Make the Keyboard easier to use item.

Remove the check marks from Turn on Toggle Keys and Turn on Toggle Keys by holding down the NUM LOCK key for5 seconds.

Click Apply/OK.

Hope this helps.

Thank You for using Windows 7

Ronnie Vernon MVP

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Anonymous
2010-08-14T16:49:27+00:00

Hi,

this notification is handled by BTTray.exe process. You must edit the following registry entries to ged rid of this ugly alert:

 Press WinKey and type "regedit" > navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Widcomm > BTConfig > General > KeyIndication

Change the value of "KeyIndication" from "1" to "0"

Reboot..

And the nasty notification is gone!

ENJOY!

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Anonymous
2010-09-24T10:03:36+00:00

Im running on a Dell Inspiron Laptop home edition, with same issue. I just did a search on Dell forum and found this answer.  Similar to yours.

in regedit go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dell Computer Corporation\QuickSet\QuickSetControl  and set it to1

This worked for me :)

NB: Always backup your registry before you make any changes.

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Anonymous
2010-02-18T15:21:00+00:00

Go to the Control panel and select Keyboard.

Select the Key settings Tab.

Scroll down to Caps lock and double click it.

Uncheck the box marked Displays CAPS Lock status on screen.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-07-20T08:13:26+00:00

    At the outset let me inform that I am not offering a solution here, but re-phrasing the problem with an intent to make it more comprehensible in the first place.

    I have a Dell Inspiron Windows 7 Home Premium laptop. There is no Caps Lock LED indicator on the laptop as you find in a discrete keyboard. The Caps Lock notification can be enabled in 2 ways, both of which has a "nagging" deficit.

    (1) Enable the Caps Lock feedback Tone through Control Panel > Ease of Access Center > Make it easier to type > Turn on Toggle Keys (check select).

    The LIMITATION here is that there is no "status" available for the current Caps Lock state. You have to attempt a trial-error Caps Lock press and set this according to the tone feedback.

    (2) Enable Dell QuickSet in the Taskbar with "Show Icon and Notification"

    The Caps Lock icon appears / disappears on the taskbar as per the status of the Caps Lock key. Perfect.

    The PROBLEM is that it also displays a flashing animation of the Caps Lock Status, which is a "distraction" while typing cool. Some has coined a term called eye-stealing :-/ for this problem. There is lot of writing on this topic on various forums which is only going up and up.

    The display time of the animation can be adjusted to a minimum of 5 seconds but cannot be disabled altogether. (Ease of Access Center > Adjust time limits and flashing visuals > How long should windows notification dialog boxes stay open > Set to 5 seconds minimum).

    My question: Is there any setting possible for "Only Show Icon, but disallow Notification".

    The registry settings mentioned earlier on this discussion, actually hides both icon and notification. So there is no way to understand the current Caps Lock state other than trial and error.

    The Keyboard applet in control panel has no option for Caps Lock setting in my Laptop model.

    I have tried different versions of the Dell QuickSet software, including  v.9.6.21, A07 as mentioned in your post, but the animation thing persists. I am presently using the latest version 11.1.32.

    Regards,

    Sushovon Sinha

    Bangalore, India.

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