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caps/scroll lock onscreen widget thing?
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:14 am
by zzyss
On my TP, whenever you press one of the caps/scroll lock keys, a little white text box pops up in the bottom right saying "caps/scroll lock: ON/OFF" - does anybody know where this comes from and how I can turn it off?
I've already looked in on-screen display and display settings.
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:22 am
by RonS
Check your "Add/Remove Programs" list for a Thinkpad Scroll Lock Indicator. If it's there, uninstall it.
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:14 pm
by Anthony S
Hi RonS
I don't see a connection between the Scroll Lock Indicator Utility and the white on-screen display which I think zzyss was referring to.
The Scroll Lock Indicator Utility toggles an indicator icon in the system tray when the ScrLk key is pressed (but what use is ScrLk these days, except perhaps in large Excel tables?).
When I first got my T60p a white CAPS LOCK ON text display used to pop up in the bottom-right corner of the screen (not in the system tray) when CapsLk was pressed. But, then it stopped appearing, though I found it quite useful. I've always had the Scroll Lock Indicator Utility installed, but, as I said, that doesn't affect it.
Hope you can elucidate further.
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:49 am
by FRiC
It's a Windows XP thing.
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:25 pm
by mdlestat
what I'd like to know is how to disable the CAPS key altogether---
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:45 pm
by rvacha
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:18 pm
by mdlestat
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
(written without a caps key
)
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:32 pm
by zzyss
FRiC wrote:It's a Windows XP thing.
Er thanks... could you be a bit more specific? I tried looking in both Keyboard and Accessibility control panel widgets and neither of them have any method to control the display.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:17 pm
by Anthony S
FRiC wrote:It's a Windows XP thing.
Yes, I'd also like to know more about this "Windows XP thing", please.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:27 pm
by Anthony S
I've just discovered a useful feature of the ThinkVantage Keyboard Customizer Utility.
One can set the required duration of key press for certain keys. I've set Caps Lock to long press (1 sec.), so I'll no longer press it accidentally. But, it's there if ever I do want it.
Seems to me like the best of both worlds.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:37 pm
by hiyel
I started to get the same notifications for caps lock and num lock. It's pretty annoying, we already have LED indicators at the bottom of the screen for these two. Who needs a distracting popup thing for this. Moreover, who comes up with an idea that anybody would need this.
And it's not just that. I fiddled around with the windows task manager and found out who is responsible from this. Hold on tight ...
Yes that's right, if I kill this exe, I don't get the notification, if I start it again I get the notification.
I just can't believe this, what on earth the bluetooth software can have anything to do with a these notification
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:57 pm
by quickie