Caps lock display - how to turn off?

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Richard Fangnail

I have Vista where an indicator pops up whenever you turn Caps Lock on
and off. Earlier today, whenever I turned Caps Lock on or off, I
couldn't type for a few seconds, which was annoying. When I tried it
again later, there was no delay.

The page below says how to turn off this annoying feature, but I don't
have a folder called WidcommBT. Do you know what I could look for?

Have you found that this popup delays your keyboard?

http://www.gamedemo.com/warehouse/article_info-62/Turning-off-Caps-Lock-Pop-Up-Display-in-Vista.html
 
Richard said:
I have Vista where an indicator pops up whenever you turn Caps Lock on
and off. Earlier today, whenever I turned Caps Lock on or off, I
couldn't type for a few seconds, which was annoying. When I tried it
again later, there was no delay.

The page below says how to turn off this annoying feature, but I don't
have a folder called WidcommBT. Do you know what I could look for?

Have you found that this popup delays your keyboard?

http://www.gamedemo.com/warehouse/article_info-62/Turning-off-Caps-Lock-Pop-Up-Display-in-Vista.html
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Can you help us help you by telling us what kind of keyboard you're
using and if you've tried a different known to be good keyboard to see
if the same problem occurs?

Alias
 
Can you help us help you by telling us what kind of keyboard you're
using and if you've tried a different known to be good keyboard to see
if the same problem occurs?

Alias
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I've used two Gateway keyboards. It's a Gateway desktop.
I just restarted and retested it, and the delay only happens the first
time I use Caps Lock. Then there is no delay.
I went to Control Panel>Keyboard and could see no option for this.
The driver is a process called modledkey.com.
 
Richard said:
I've used two Gateway keyboards. It's a Gateway desktop.
I just restarted and retested it, and the delay only happens the first
time I use Caps Lock. Then there is no delay.
I went to Control Panel>Keyboard and could see no option for this.
The driver is a process called modledkey.com.
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Does it happen with a keyboard you know has not got this problem? Does
the keyboard have the same problem on another compute? I am asking to
eliminate the possibility of a defective keyboard. Is the keyboard wired
or wireless?

Alias
 
Richard said:
I've used two Gateway keyboards. It's a Gateway desktop.
I just restarted and retested it, and the delay only happens the first
time I use Caps Lock. Then there is no delay.
I went to Control Panel>Keyboard and could see no option for this.
The driver is a process called modledkey.com.
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Look in options the software program that came with your keyboard.
modledky is for hot keys and you may have set the caps lock to switch
something.

Alias
 
Does it happen with a keyboard you know has not got this problem? Does
the keyboard have the same problem on another compute? I am asking to
eliminate the possibility of a defective keyboard. Is the keyboard wired
or wireless?

Alias
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It's a wired ordinary keyboard.

I think my keyboard is okay and the delay was because of the Caps Lock
indicator.

I would like to turn that indicator off but I don't know where to go
in the registry.
 
Look in options the software program that came with your keyboard.
modledky is for hot keys and you may have set the caps lock to switch
something.

Alias
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I don't know where such software is. I've tried Control Panel >
Keyboard and also System Device Manager.
I think the driver is by Chicony.
I found some other threads of Gateway users who had the same problem.
 
Richard Fangnail said:
I have Vista where an indicator pops up whenever you turn Caps Lock on
and off. Earlier today, whenever I turned Caps Lock on or off, I
couldn't type for a few seconds, which was annoying. When I tried it
again later, there was no delay.

The page below says how to turn off this annoying feature, but I don't
have a folder called WidcommBT. Do you know what I could look for?

Have you found that this popup delays your keyboard?

http://www.gamedemo.com/warehouse/article_info-62/Turning-off-Caps-Lock-Pop-Up-Display-in-Vista.html
Click to expand...

The caps lock indicator is not part of Vista. The web page you referenced
describes Bluetooth software and registry entries, not Vista registry entries.
If you don't want that feature then uninstall it or disable it from running at start-up.
Look for something called bttray.exe in your start up setup.
 
Richard said:
I don't know where such software is. I've tried Control Panel >
Keyboard and also System Device Manager.
I think the driver is by Chicony.
I found some other threads of Gateway users who had the same problem.
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Look in the Programs folder.

Alias
 
The caps lock indicator is not part of Vista. The web page you referenced
describes Bluetooth software and registry entries, not Vista registry entries.
If you don't want that feature then uninstall it or disable it from running at start-up.
Look for something called bttray.exe in your start up setup.
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I found bttray.exe nowhere - I tried msconfig and Task Manager.
Re Ease of Access - it's not there either.

If the solution is in regedit, what should I look for - that is, where
is the toggle most likely to be?
 
Richard Fangnail said:
I found bttray.exe nowhere - I tried msconfig and Task Manager.
Re Ease of Access - it's not there either.

If the solution is in regedit, what should I look for - that is, where
is the toggle most likely to be?
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The information at the link is for if you are using a bluetooth keyboard,
although it is not mentioned.

Are you using a bluetooth wireless keyboard? Not all wireless keyboard use
bluetooth.

WIDCOMM is bluetooth software and bttray.exe is short for bluetooth tray
(icon) that shows up in the system tray.

The person who wrote it doesn't seem too knowledgeable as he doesn't know
the difference between 3rd party software and Vista.

Editing the registry with only limited knowledge is dangerous.

You should be looking for 3rd party software in the startup as Vista doesn't
have the ability to display caps lock key press out of the box.

It's additional software that came with the keyboard or computer. It might
help if you posted what keyboard you're using. If the keyboard came with
the computer, list the make and model. At least then we have something we
can do a search on.
 
Richard Fangnail said:
I found bttray.exe nowhere - I tried msconfig and Task Manager.
Re Ease of Access - it's not there either.

If the solution is in regedit, what should I look for - that is, where
is the toggle most likely to be?
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If you haven't got any Bluetooth software installed then the page you referred to
is a complete waste of time.

If you have got LchDrvKey in MsConfig try disabling that.

If you haven't got that entry then you need to find out what software
is generating the popup. It isn't Vista.


eua
 
lemur said:
:cry:> YOU CANT TURN IT OFF. ITS IRREVERSIBLE. NOW ALL MY FRIENDS THINK IM
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How do you know it can't be turned off ?
Do you know for sure which program generates the popup ?
 
lemur said:
Dave... thanks for the reply but this was actually a little bit of
humor.
:roflmao
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Ok, sorry I didn't get the joke!
I think the problem is I assume am posting to a text-based technical newsgroup
whereas you are posting from a web forum/chat room where the liberal use
of loony smileys seems to be de rigueur.
 
I have Vista where an indicator pops up whenever you turn Caps Lock on
and off.  Earlier today, whenever I turned Caps Lock on or off, I
couldn't type for a few seconds, which was annoying.  When I tried it
again later, there was no delay.

The page below says how to turn off this annoying feature, but I don't
have a folder called WidcommBT.  Do you know what I could look for?

Have you found that this popup delays your keyboard?

http://www.gamedemo.com/warehouse/article_info-62/Turning-off-Caps-Lo...
Click to expand...

AS you seen, it the previous replies, this seems to be part of the
Bluetooth protocl stack drivers / software provided by Widcomm, now
owned by Broadcom. I have been looking at the cause of this in my
Windows XP months before I installed my own Vista. Thank you for this
thread.
 
If you have got LchDrvKey in MsConfig try disabling that.

If you haven't got that entry then you need to find out what software
is generating the popup. It isn't Vista.

eua
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I noticed LchDrvKey in the processes and Googled it, but I'm not sure
if it's safe to change it.

I understand now that the page I mentioned is just Bluetooth which I
don't have.
 
Richard Fangnail said:
I noticed LchDrvKey in the processes and Googled it, but I'm not sure
if it's safe to change it.

I understand now that the page I mentioned is just Bluetooth which I
don't have.
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Well if you don't want to temporarily disable it via MsConfig as I suggested
then I have no other advice. That route would be safer for you than editing
the registry which was your first plan of action.
Maybe somebody else will offer better idea.
Good luck.
 
Ok, sorry I didn't get the joke!
I think the problem is I assume am posting to a text-based technical newsgroup
whereas you are posting from a web forum/chat room where the liberal use
of loony smileys seems to be de rigueur.
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Really, though, the joke wasn't all that funny :-)

Neither are many of mine, which therefore gives me the right to rag at
lemur...
 
nhlgal66 said:
I am having the same problem, I just bought a laptop with vista home
premium and the caps lock notification keeps popping up and delaying me,
I have done everything I cant find a file names bttray or in the regetit
in software I dont see the next widcomm either, please help as its very
annoying!! And I am not the brightest techy person...lol
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What is the make of your laptop ?
 
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