"bp" <6ball@comcast.net> wrote ...
> For some reason the on-screen keyboard as started poping up on by
> desktop everytime I log on. Does anyone know how to prevent it from

Hi,

The short answer: I dunno :-) But here are a few things to check ...

First, go to Control Panel, Ease of Access. Then click on the link "Use the
computer without a mouse or keyboard". Make sure the checkbox marked "Use On
screen keyboard" is UNchecked (ie, clear).

That's your first and most important place to check. After that, it gets a
bit more obscure. The On Screen Keyboard program is "osk.exe". Presumably
something is causing osk.exe to be run, every time you log in.

In the Start menu, look in the Startup folder. Make sure there are no
shortcuts there pointing towards osk.exe. If there are, move the shortcut to
another location, or just delete it.

Next, run the command "msconfig". If prompted for admin credentials, enter
them. Then, look under the Startup tab. Look for any entries which appear to
run osk.exe. If you see one, uncheck teh entry, and then press Apply.

Next, run Regedit. If prompted for credentials, enter your own, current
username and password. Then navigate to the registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run

If you see a value under there which runs osk.exe, delete that value.

If you've looked at Ease of Access, the Startup folder, the MSConfig
startups, and the HKEY Current User Run key, and you don't find the osk.exe
Onscreen keyboard anywhere in any of them, then ... sorry, I really don't
know. Maybe someone else will know. Or else, learn to enjoy having an On
screen keyboard! :-)

Hope this helps a bit,

--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au