

If the above steps do you work for you, you may also have a third-party keyboard installed or one that was installed by the manufacturer of your device. Thanks to James Davis for the above solution. Close out the Keyboard allowing you to FINALLY get rid of that aggravating OSK!.“ Ease of Access Center” box may be visible, no problem, just close it out. Select “ OK” on the “ Options” box to close it out.Select “ Apply” then “ OK” (this will close out the box).If “ Use On-Screen Keyboard” is checked….You will get a popup “ Options” box and at the bottom you will see a blue link “ Control whether the On-Screen Keyboard starts when I sign in” PRESS THAT LINK and another box will popup.At the bottom of the keyboard to your right you will see a key “ Options”, click that key.Previously I had closed out the On-screen Keyboard so when I pressed the “ Enter” key and the OSK will pop up.Click “ Run” and type in “ osk.exe” press “ Enter” key.Right click the window start button at the bottom left of your screen to bring up a menu.This setting is not selected, but a keyboard still appears when I start Windows. Now the On-Screen Keyboard should be enabled or disabled as desired. If this key doesn’t exist, you can create it. Open “ ShowTabletKeyboard” and set it to “ 1” to enable it.Hold down the Windows Key and press “ R” to bring up the “ Run” dialog.Set “ On-Screen Keyboard” to “ On” or “ Off” as desired.Select the keyboard near the time whenever you wish to use the touch keyboard. Right-click the taskbar, then select or deselect “ Show touch keyboard button“.Select the “ Start” button, type “ osk“, then press “ Enter“.I did find this post in my internet travels, which basically says “To turn Win-Lock On or Off, press the Windows Key and Space Bar” In my case, that was incorrect.Note: The On-Screen Keyboard and the Touch Keyboard are considered two different keyboards. My hunch was right, it disables the windows key but how to turn it back on befuddled me. How could something so simple require so much? Then, I noticed this button on my keyboard, WINLOCKĪs embarrassing as this sounds, I have never seen or hit this key in the 30 plus years of dealing with computers. What’s interesting about most of these solutions is that some of them are pure nuclear. Today, when I got to my computer, the start key on my keyboard, which I use about every 40 keystrokes wouldn’t work so I did the classic IT guy thing, googled it and found this massive tome. Despite numerous attempts to get them from touching my computer, occasionally, I forget to lock my monitor. I spent quite a bit recently on a “gaming PC” mostly because I wanted a huge monitor that looked nice.
