{"id":341,"date":"2008-08-19T11:08:43","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T03:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/?p=341"},"modified":"2008-08-19T11:08:43","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T03:08:43","slug":"switching-off-on-screen-keyboard-windows-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/switching-off-on-screen-keyboard-windows-vista.html","title":{"rendered":"switching off the on-screen keyboard for Windows Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I inadvertently switched on the On-Screen Keyboard when I resumed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/windows-vista-sleep-hibernate-shutdown-suspend.html\">Windows Vista PC from its sleep \/ hibernation mode<\/a>. Somehow the sleep \/ hibernation mode disabled my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/dell-vostro-200-slim-tower.html\">Dell Vostro 200<\/a> USB keyboard whenever I resumed from it (this makes another minus point for using sleep \/ hibernation mode). I had to switch on the On-Screen Keyboard to key in my password to access my PC. However after enabling it, every time I start up my PC, the On-Screen Keyboard would start up too. How irritating. There is no settings on the On-Screen Keyboard to switch it off. The only way to do it was from the Ease of Access Center. <!--more--> Here\u2019s how to go about.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/imgs\/wp\/on-screen-keyboard-switch-off.png\" alt=\"How to switch off the Windows Vista On-Screen Keyboard\"><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-5685769204706262\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"eeeecc\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"336x280_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text\";\n\/\/2007-08-06: JanLeow.com Blogs\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"5832813811\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"CC0000\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"808080\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:0\";\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nFrom All Programs &#8211; Goto Accessories &#8211; Goto Ease of Access<br \/>\nStart the \u201cEase of Access Center\u201d<br \/>\nUnder the Explore All Settings<br \/>\nClick the \u201cUse the computer without a mouse or keyboard\u201d<br \/>\nUncheck the \u201cUse On-Screen Keyboard\u201d<br \/>\nClick \u201cApply\u201d<br \/>\nGo back<br \/>\nOn the left pane labelled Task<br \/>\nClick on \u201cChange Administrative Settings\u201d<br \/>\nCheck the \u201cApply all settings to the logon desktop\u201d<br \/>\nClick \u201cApply\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yep, that should do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I inadvertently switched on the On-Screen Keyboard when I resumed the Windows Vista PC from its sleep \/ hibernation mode. Somehow the sleep \/ hibernation mode disabled my Dell Vostro 200 USB keyboard whenever I resumed from it (this makes another minus point for using sleep \/ hibernation mode). I had to switch on the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/switching-off-on-screen-keyboard-windows-vista.html\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">switching off the on-screen keyboard for Windows Vista<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[115,156,163],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1bS5F-5v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/missing-hibernation-hybrid-sleep-windows-vista.html","url_meta":{"origin":341,"position":0},"title":"Missing Hibernation and Hybrid Sleep Feature in Windows Vista","author":"Jan","date":"2 July 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"John did something to Victor's laptop and Windows Vista couldn't hibernate. 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