caps/scroll lock onscreen widget thing?

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zzyss · #1 Post by **zzyss** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:14 am

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.

#2 Post by **RonS** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:22 am

Check your "Add/Remove Programs" list for a Thinkpad Scroll Lock Indicator. If it's there, uninstall it.

Anthony S · #3 Post by **Anthony S** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:14 pm

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.

FRiC · #4 Post by **FRiC** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:49 am

It's a Windows XP thing.

mdlestat · #5 Post by **mdlestat** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:25 pm

what I'd like to know is how to disable the CAPS key altogether---

rvacha · #6 Post by **rvacha** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:45 pm

This works nicely:
http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/d ... caps_lock/

mdlestat · #7 Post by **mdlestat** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:18 pm

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

(written without a caps key

)

zzyss · #8 Post by **zzyss** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:32 pm

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.

Anthony S · #9 Post by **Anthony S** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:17 pm

FRiC wrote:It's a Windows XP thing.

Yes, I'd also like to know more about this "Windows XP thing", please.

Anthony S · #10 Post by **Anthony S** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:27 pm

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.

hiyel · #11 Post by **hiyel** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:37 pm

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 ...

bttask.exe

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

quickie · #12 Post by **quickie** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:57 pm

This should do the trick:

http://www.gsmhosting.com/vbb/archive/i ... 28994.html

quickie

caps/scroll lock onscreen widget thing?

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