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Thread: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

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    Richard Fangnail Guest

    Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    I have Vista where an indicator pops up whenever you turn Caps Lock on
    and off. Earlier today, whenever I turned Caps Lock on or off, I
    couldn't type for a few seconds, which was annoying. When I tried it
    again later, there was no delay.

    The page below says how to turn off this annoying feature, but I don't
    have a folder called WidcommBT. Do you know what I could look for?

    Have you found that this popup delays your keyboard?

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    Alias Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    Can you help us help you by telling us what kind of keyboard you're
    using and if you've tried a different known to be good keyboard to see
    if the same problem occurs?

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    Richard Fangnail Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    I've used two Gateway keyboards. It's a Gateway desktop.
    I just restarted and retested it, and the delay only happens the first
    time I use Caps Lock. Then there is no delay.
    I went to Control Panel>Keyboard and could see no option for this.
    The driver is a process called modledkey.com.

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    Alias Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    Does it happen with a keyboard you know has not got this problem? Does
    the keyboard have the same problem on another compute? I am asking to
    eliminate the possibility of a defective keyboard. Is the keyboard wired
    or wireless?

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    Alias Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    Look in options the software program that came with your keyboard.
    modledky is for hot keys and you may have set the caps lock to switch
    something.

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    Richard Fangnail Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    It's a wired ordinary keyboard.

    I think my keyboard is okay and the delay was because of the Caps Lock
    indicator.

    I would like to turn that indicator off but I don't know where to go
    in the registry.

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    Richard Fangnail Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    I don't know where such software is. I've tried Control Panel >
    Keyboard and also System Device Manager.
    I think the driver is by Chicony.
    I found some other threads of Gateway users who had the same problem.

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    Dave-UK Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    The caps lock indicator is not part of Vista. The web page you referenced
    describes Bluetooth software and registry entries, not Vista registry entries.
    If you don't want that feature then uninstall it or disable it from running at start-up.
    Look for something called bttray.exe in your start up setup.

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    keepout@yahoo.com.invalid Guest
    check out the ease of access section under control panel. See if 'toggle keys'
    is on. That's supposed to give a sound with turning on caps.
    might also have a popup.

    Look in the Programs folder.

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    Richard Fangnail Guest
    I found bttray.exe nowhere - I tried msconfig and Task Manager.
    Re Ease of Access - it's not there either.

    If the solution is in regedit, what should I look for - that is, where
    is the toggle most likely to be?

    you can"t turn it off.

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    Tae Song Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    The information at the link is for if you are using a bluetooth keyboard,
    although it is not mentioned.

    Are you using a bluetooth wireless keyboard? Not all wireless keyboard use
    bluetooth.

    WIDCOMM is bluetooth software and bttray.exe is short for bluetooth tray
    (icon) that shows up in the system tray.

    The person who wrote it doesn't seem too knowledgeable as he doesn't know
    the difference between 3rd party software and Vista.

    Editing the registry with only limited knowledge is dangerous.

    You should be looking for 3rd party software in the startup as Vista doesn't
    have the ability to display caps lock key press out of the box.

    It's additional software that came with the keyboard or computer. It might
    help if you posted what keyboard you're using. If the keyboard came with
    the computer, list the make and model. At least then we have something we
    can do a search on.

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    Dave-UK Guest
    If you haven't got any Bluetooth software installed then the page you referred to
    is a complete waste of time.

    If you have got LchDrvKey in MsConfig try disabling that.

    If you haven't got that entry then you need to find out what software
    is generating the popup. It isn't Vista.

    How do you know it can't be turned off ?
    Do you know for sure which program generates the popup ?

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    Dave-UK Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    Ok, sorry I didn't get the joke!
    I think the problem is I assume am posting to a text-based technical newsgroup
    whereas you are posting from a web forum/chat room where the liberal use
    of loony smileys seems to be de rigueur.

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    smlunatick Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    AS you seen, it the previous replies, this seems to be part of the
    Bluetooth protocl stack drivers / software provided by Widcomm, now
    owned by Broadcom. I have been looking at the cause of this in my
    Windows XP months before I installed my own Vista. Thank you for this
    thread.

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    Richard Fangnail Guest

    Re: Caps lock display - how to turn off?

    I noticed LchDrvKey in the processes and Googled it, but I'm not sure
    if it's safe to change it.

    I understand now that the page I mentioned is just Bluetooth which I
    don't have.

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