on screen keyboard wont go away!

[xxsilk109xx]

I am working on a vista laptop and i have everything sorted and cant figure out why when i start up the os, the on screen keyboard (osk.exe) starts automatically.

Here is what I have done.
1. I have checked the startup folder, nothing but the dell dock.
2. I checked autoruns, msconfig, and ccleaner and that file is not set to startup, as a matter of fact its not even listed.
3. I checked in the registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run) and dont see anything but the "default" key
4. I checked the ease of access but dont see where i can select this not to autostart, and in the menu of the OSK, there is no "disable on startup" or any options for that matter that I can see that pertain to startup.

The only things I have set to start in CCLeaner are
1.windows defender
2. appoint (for the touchpad)
3. broadcom wireless manager
4. security essentials
5. sigmatel for the audio
6. lexmark 1100 series tray app

other than that nothing else shows starting in either autoruns, msconfig, or ccleaner.

Not sure what would be launching this?

Any ideas?

PS sorry if it is something easy that I have overlooked but I have been trying different stuff for 2 hours now.

thanks

 

[xxsilk109xx]

SOLVED - Well I did some more digging and found out that you have to:

1. Open ease of access
2. Click "Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard"
3. There you will find the option to turn it off.

Sorry, I guess I didnt see that when I clicked on it last time, must have overlooked it. At any rate, I hope this helps out anyone who has a similar problem.

 

[MrUnknown]

a very quick google found this
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/Disable-easy-access-screen-keyboard-start-ftopict342465.html

"disable automatic startup on screen keyboard"

edit: i posted when you did. =p

 

[NYJimbo]

You mean this:

http://www.pchell.com/support/remove_vista_onscreen_keyboard.shtml

 

[xxsilk109xx]

Yea I was reading from here and must have missed that part somehow. I opened up that part but guess I didnt see it.

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/96297-anyone-know-how-turn-off-screen-keyboard.html

 

[NYJimbo]

PS sorry if it is something easy that I have overlooked but I have been trying different stuff for 2 hours now.

thanks

Really, TWO HOURS ?

 

[xxsilk109xx]

well i didnt mean i had been googling, i meant i had thought that maybe another startup item was calling this thing up at startup since it was not in autoruns, etc. So I tried disabling different things, then restarting, then enabling that one and disabling another one. I had just overlooked that section that actually solved it and i did not run across the pchell site, guess my google search string did not pull it up. I did not realize that if its not in autoruns, ccleaner, or msconfig that it could still start up, so part of my time was reasearching how and why something like that could start up. I was just trying to learn! So yes TWO HOURS