Keystroke Mystery!!!

All of a sudden, when i hit the shift key, or the ctrl key on my keyboard, a
small box appears with that keystroke name on the screen. very annoying. i'm
using a new dell lattitude XT tablet... i must have hit something but have NO
idea what???

The start menu/ accessories item of 'ease of access' has settings for that.
You will probably find settings in 'make keyboard easier to use', and 'use
text or visual alternatives for sounds'

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"Marycul" <> wrote in message
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> All of a sudden, when i hit the shift key, or the ctrl key on my keyboard,
> a
> small box appears with that keystroke name on the screen. very annoying.
> i'm
> using a new dell lattitude XT tablet... i must have hit something but have
> NO
> idea what???

checked all the ease of access buttons - nothing is set. the only keys that
appear on screen are CTRL - Shift - ALT

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> The start menu/ accessories item of 'ease of access' has settings for that.
> You will probably find settings in 'make keyboard easier to use', and 'use
> text or visual alternatives for sounds'
>
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> "Marycul" <> wrote in message
> news:FE83DD2C-0630-44EC-866A-...
> > All of a sudden, when i hit the shift key, or the ctrl key on my keyboard,
> > a
> > small box appears with that keystroke name on the screen. very annoying.
> > i'm
> > using a new dell lattitude XT tablet... i must have hit something but have
> > NO
> > idea what???
>

Turn on Toggle Keys. This option sets Toggle Keys to run when you log on to
Windows. Toggle Keys can play an alert each time you press the CAPS LOCK,
NUM LOCK, or SCROLL LOCK keys. These alerts can help prevent the frustration
of inadvertently pressing a key and not realizing it.

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"Marycul" <> wrote in message
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> checked all the ease of access buttons - nothing is set. the only keys
> that
> appear on screen are CTRL - Shift - ALT
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> The start menu/ accessories item of 'ease of access' has settings for
>> that.
>> You will probably find settings in 'make keyboard easier to use', and
>> 'use
>> text or visual alternatives for sounds'
>>
>> --
>> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
>> interface.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>> .
>>
>> "Marycul" <> wrote in message
>> news:FE83DD2C-0630-44EC-866A-...
>> > All of a sudden, when i hit the shift key, or the ctrl key on my
>> > keyboard,
>> > a
>> > small box appears with that keystroke name on the screen. very
>> > annoying.
>> > i'm
>> > using a new dell lattitude XT tablet... i must have hit something but
>> > have
>> > NO
>> > idea what???
>>