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miscnick
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[Vista] How to (permanently) turn off "sticky keys" prompts

When gaming on my Vista lappy, quite often it will kick me back to desktop and ask if I want to turn on "sticky keys".

I guess it's sensing that I'm hammering certain keys repeatedly.

How do I kill it and not have it prompt me ever again ?
I cannot find it(where it suggests) in control panel>keyboard.

djdanska
Rudie32
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San Diego, CA

djdanska

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Go to the Control Panel, then go to Easy Of Access Center, then click on "Make keyboard easier to use", then click on "Setup Sticky Keys".

There you will find the option to disable sticky keys. Let me know if you have any trouble with it.

miscnick
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Looks like that got it, thank you.

What an annoying feature that was

howie1
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Antarctica

howie1

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said by miscnick :

Looks like that got it, thank you.

What an annoying feature that was
It's ridiculous that they have any of this enabled by default. It's easy enough to go into Control Panel and enable any of these features if needed.
dave
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dave

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Not if you're so disabled you need the feature, it isn't easy.

Oregonian
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West Linn, OR

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And how is one expected to know all these great features even exist if they aren't all turned on to start with?
dave
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It's not like the sticky-key support doesn't tell you how to turn it off permanently the first time you accidentally blunder into it.

miscnick
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Anon

quote:
It's not like the sticky-key support doesn't tell you how to turn it off permanently the first time you accidentally blunder into it.
In control panel>keyboard ?

That is exactly where it says to change the settings for it.
That was also in my first post.

It is a utility for handicapped/disabled people....why do they assume everyone needs it and have it on by default ?
Wouldn't it be better to have it OFF by default and then only have the 2-3% of the people that NEED it ask, instead of the 97-98% of the people that don't need it being stuck at the useless prompt saying to turn it off where it isn't at ?

howie1
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said by dave:

Not if you're so disabled you need the feature, it isn't easy.
The "Ease of Access" features are also easily accessible on the logon screen. All I'm saying is there is absolutely no need to have the 5-press Shift Key feature enabled by default.