Sticky Keys

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michelle

Hi,

For some unknown reason, my taskbar started showing an
icon, made up of tiny black boxes. When I put my cursor
over the icon, the name "StickyKeys" appears.

Anyone know what these keys are? How did it simply
appear on my computer? Should I be concerned or is it
simply another annoying glitch?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx Michelle
 
michelle said:
Hi,

For some unknown reason, my taskbar started showing an
icon, made up of tiny black boxes. When I put my cursor
over the icon, the name "StickyKeys" appears.

Anyone know what these keys are? How did it simply
appear on my computer? Should I be concerned or is it
simply another annoying glitch?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx Michelle
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Sticky keys are for preventing unwanted repetitions of letters; this is
useful to people with unsteady hands which can cause this. To get the same
letter twice, one must hit the desired key again. Why this just appeared is
anybody's guess but it's of no concern.

To remove, go to Control Panel>Accessibility options>Keyboard tab and
uncheck "Use Sticky keys." The icon should be gone.

Malv
 
Hi,

For some unknown reason, my taskbar started showing an
icon, made up of tiny black boxes. When I put my cursor
over the icon, the name "StickyKeys" appears.

Anyone know what these keys are? How did it simply
appear on my computer? Should I be concerned or is it
simply another annoying glitch?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx Michelle
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If you do not use StickyKeys, disable them.
Control Panel (classic view)> Accessibilities Options
Uncheck the box to use StickyKeys.
Click the Settings button in the StickyKeys section. On the next screen,
uncheck the box for the shortcut keys that automatically start StickyKeys.
 
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