ease of use: how to always use on-screen keyboard in Welcome screen?

I just installed Vista on a computer. I can not use a keyboard because
of disability. So I use the on-screen keyboard of vista. To log in on
the Welcome screen I have to click Ease of Use center and select the
on-screen keyboard. On the desktop the on-screen keyboard is
automatically started.

Is there a way to bypass the Ease of Use Center and have the on-screen
keyboard start up automatically in the Welcome screen ?

Regards,

Henk

"Henk Linde" <> wrote in message
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>I just installed Vista on a computer. I can not use a keyboard because
>of disability. So I use the on-screen keyboard of vista. To log in on
>the Welcome screen I have to click Ease of Use center and select the
>on-screen keyboard. On the desktop the on-screen keyboard is
>automatically started.
>
> Is there a way to bypass the Ease of Use Center and have the on-screen
> keyboard start up automatically in the Welcome screen ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Henk

I enabled the Tablet PC in Windows features to get the snipping tool and
now also get an on-screen keyboard at user logon. Both the USB keyboard
and the on-screen keyboard can be used at that time.

Regards
Tom

Did you try turning it on like this describes?
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/trai...vista/osk.aspx


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"Henk Linde" <> wrote in message
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> I just installed Vista on a computer. I can not use a keyboard because of
> disability. So I use the on-screen keyboard of vista. To log in on the
> Welcome screen I have to click Ease of Use center and select the on-screen
> keyboard. On the desktop the on-screen keyboard is automatically started.
>
> Is there a way to bypass the Ease of Use Center and have the on-screen
> keyboard start up automatically in the Welcome screen ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Henk

I already setup this option but it only works after the login when the
desktop starts.
Henk
Dave wrote:
> Did you try turning it on like this describes?
> http://www.microsoft.com/enable/trai...vista/osk.aspx
>
>

"Tom Allen" <> wrote in message
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>
> I enabled the Tablet PC in Windows features to get the snipping tool and
> now also get an on-screen keyboard at user logon. Both the USB keyboard
> and the on-screen keyboard can be used at that time.


That happens automatically when you have a Wacom tablet plugged in. You
mean you can enable the TabletPC features without having a graphics tablet
plugged in, or by using a Tablet PC (like a ThinkPad X61 Tablet)?

ss.

Ok, I wasn't sure when it kicked in...
What if you configure Vista to automatically logon?
http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2...tomatic-logon/



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"Henk Linde" <> wrote in message
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> I already setup this option but it only works after the login when the
> desktop starts.
> Henk
> Dave wrote:
>> Did you try turning it on like this describes?
>> http://www.microsoft.com/enable/trai...vista/osk.aspx
>>
>>

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "Tom Allen" <> wrote in message
> news:O%238SCv%...
>>
>> I enabled the Tablet PC in Windows features to get the snipping tool
>> and now also get an on-screen keyboard at user logon. Both the USB
>> keyboard and the on-screen keyboard can be used at that time.
>
>
> That happens automatically when you have a Wacom tablet plugged in.
> You mean you can enable the TabletPC features without having a
> graphics tablet plugged in, or by using a Tablet PC (like a ThinkPad
> X61 Tablet)?
>
> ss.

It's a Dell Dimension desktop and I have a Wacom tablet driver installed
but the tablet is not plugged in now and I don't think it was when I
enabled the Tablet PC feature.
I don't really want the on-screen keyboard but it seems to be all or
none with the Tablet PC feature and the snipping tool is useful for
producing instructional documents.

Tom