onscreen keyboard pops up

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  1. Posts : 1
    windows 7
       #1

    onscreen keyboard pops up


    a friend of mine turned on the onscreen keyboard once and i went to the control panel and turned it off, but when i restart my computer it keeps turning back on. how do i stop this shenanigans?
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  2. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #2

    Welcome!

    I'm not sure how to do it from the options, but I know a system restore will take care of the issue.
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  3. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #3

    Jon, must get up earlier than me, because so many times I follow his astute advice, which is always valid. I only want to add that in the future, you may want to give your friends the guest account. The beauty of the account is that the user has full use of the OS features, but cannot see your account and everything can be set back to normal after the user leaves. I do not want to tell you to give users an account with parental controls, because you may lose a friend, but PC would be perfect.
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  4. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #4

    Try turning off the Tablet PC feature in Windows. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features – Turn Windows Features On or Off > uncheck Tablet PC Optional Components. Then reboot.
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  5. Posts : 369
    Windows 7
       #5

    Bill2 said:
    Try turning off the Tablet PC feature in Windows. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features – Turn Windows Features On or Off > uncheck Tablet PC Optional Components. Then reboot.
    or this would do just as good.

    Try this:

    1. Press the Windows key and the U at the same time.
    2. This should bring up Utility Manager -- a little manager of accessibility tools. Narrator may or may not be automatically running. If it is, close it out (it's a nuisance unless you need it).
    3. Select On-Screen Keyboard in the listbox.
    4. The option Start Automatically When I Login should be checked. Uncheck it.
    5.Click OK.
    6. Log out and back in and see if that fixed the problem.

    Good luck.
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  6. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #6

    Same Problem


    My on screen keyboard is run on startup, and I don't want it to.

    I have gone into the ease of access menu and made sure that the "Use On-Screen Keyboard" box is NOT checked.

    I have run msconfig, nothing there runs osk.exe.

    I have tried using the autoruns program that was suggest in the vista form, again nothing is found that runs osk.exe

    I have confirmed that it is actually osk.exe running by going into the task manager when the On-Screen keyboard is running and found "osk.exe".

    Any advise or suggestions would be helpful.

    Thanks,
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  7. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #7

    Do either of the following registry locations show osk.exe?

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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  8. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #8

    I checked both

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

    Neither contains an "osk.exe"
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  9. Posts : 1,814
    XP / Win7 x64 Pro
       #9

    What about your startup folder?

    C:\Users\(User-Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
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  10. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #10

    FliGi7 said:
    What about your startup folder?

    C:\Users\(User-Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
    There is no osk.exe in the startup folder.
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