Astalavista Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 My sister called me today, she has a habit of holding down the shift keywhile she composes her email in eudora.apparently, if you hold down the shift key for more than 8 secondsa windows pops up saying Accessibility Optionsregardless if you cancel or try to go into the setupthe shift key is permanetly active i went to the net and tried to find the solution, found some pageswith referrences to Accessibility Option is disable this and thatso i follow all the instructions after rebooting several timesstill the same problem, so i whipped out my unattended xp cd and reinstalled everything.thank god for Unattended windows xp and MSFN.if someone has some insights on how to disable this function in our unattendedwindows xp install i would most appreciate some help here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glent Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I think Nlite can do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booster Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 This is what I use ;Stickykeys Off[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys]"Flags"="" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 boosterwhere did u get this reg tweak ?so does that mean if u press the shift key for more than 8 secondsit won't do the accessibility thing?i am so scare to do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booster Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I got it from here experts-exchangeAnd it works for me.. Even under SP2 B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 fantastic, will try it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_gie Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Yes, this is a real pain. How many times I played a hard Counter-Strike game, and while crouching (my shift key), the game stop and the desktop is back to ask me that stupid question!!!!!!!!!My nLited SP2 XP doesn't ask me anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 my sister reports this on her computerHolding down the right SHIFT key for 8 seconds turns on the Filter Keys. Filterkeys causes Windows to ignore brief or repeated keystrokes and slows down the keyboard repeat rate. To keep Filterkeys on, click ok. To cancel Filterkeys, click cancel. To deactivate the key combination for Filterkeys, click settings. now when she types everything is in caps and when she types numbers everything is !@#$%^& Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyuuzo Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 These are called StickyKeys, and are very annoying. All attempts I made in the past to disable them in the settings never really worked. Even if you disable them they will automatically turn back on again. So I used nLite to remove them from my Windows installation and now it works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banshee Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 My sister called me today, she has a habit of holding down the shift keywhile she composes her email in eudora.apparently, if you hold down the shift key for more than 8 secondsa windows pops up saying Accessibility Optionsregardless if you cancel or try to go into the setupthe shift key is permanetly active i went to the net and tried to find the solution, found some pageswith referrences to Accessibility Option is disable this and thatso i follow all the instructions after rebooting several timesstill the same problem, so i whipped out my unattended xp cd and reinstalled everything.thank god for Unattended windows xp and MSFN.if someone has some insights on how to disable this function in our unattendedwindows xp install i would most appreciate some help here.I had this exact problem & it is extremely annoying. I use Traktor Dj Studio & I use the mixer controls on screen & right shift button.I didn't have accessability installed so I couldn't do a thing about it & the internet didn't help with a reg tweak there is alot of mentioning about 'StickyKeys' which is something similar.However I copied the neccessary file (access.cpl & access.hlp) from my normal Sp1a CD & dropped them in the appropiate access.cpl = 'System32' folder & access.hlp = 'Help folder' .SOLUTION:Open 'accessibilty options' & select 'Settings' unselect 'use shortcut' & apply it, the problem will be solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booster Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Found these searching the webPress SHIFT 5 times = Toggles StickyKeys on and off Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds = Toggles FilterKeys on and offPress down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds = Toggles ToggleKeys on and offLeft ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK = Toggles MouseKeys on and offLeft ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN = Toggles high contrast on and offNow, I got StickyKeys disabled with reg-tweak.Searching for reg-tweaks to disable the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booster Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Here they are:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\HighContrast]"Flags"=""[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\MouseKeys]"Flags"=""[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys]"Flags"=""[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys]"Flags"=""Now Im only missing FilterKeys.Still searching. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booster Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 And finally FilterKeys[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response]"Flags"=""And tested in SP1 and SP2 on Windows XP Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 THE boooster is truly GREAT!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galvanocentric Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 My sister called me today, she has a habit of holding down the shift keywhile she composes her email in eudora.apparently, if you hold down the shift key for more than 8 secondsa windows pops up saying Accessibility Optionsregardless if you cancel or try to go into the setupthe shift key is permanetly active i went to the net and tried to find the solution, found some pageswith referrences to Accessibility Option is disable this and thatso i follow all the instructions after rebooting several timesstill the same problem, so i whipped out my unattended xp cd and reinstalled everything.thank god for Unattended windows xp and MSFN.if someone has some insights on how to disable this function in our unattendedwindows xp install i would most appreciate some help here.When it does that, go to options and turn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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