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| | appearance, windows magnifier, onscreen keyboard I am no computer expert. My wife has the windows magnifier and on screen keyboard turing on at startup. How do I turn these off? Also she has altered the appearance of my text. How do I restore this to original settings without losing any files? -- Dave |
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| | RE: appearance, windows magnifier, onscreen keyboard Hi Dave, These features are found in the 'Ease of Access Center'. Click on the start orb and type 'ease of access center' into the search box and press enter. Alternatively, press the Windows logo key + U. This brings up the 'Ease of Access Center', and all the things that you need to deal with are grouped in the bottom half of the screen under 'Explore all settings'. Dealing with your questions in order. Firstly, the magnifier. This is found by clicking on 'Make the computer easier to see'. On this dialogue page, under the heading 'Make things on the screen larger', clear the checkbox next to 'Turn on Magnifier'. Click 'Save' to return to the main window. If there is a tab on the taskbar named 'Magnifier', close it. Secondly, the on screen keyboard. Click on 'Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard'. On this dialogue page, under the heading 'Type using a pointing device', clear the checkbox next to 'Use On-Screen Keyboard'. Again, click 'Save' to return to the main window. If the 'On-Screen Keyboard' is displayed, simply close it. Thirdly, your text appearance. I am assuming that your wife has enabled 'High Contrast'. If so, you can toggle this by the following key combination: 'left ALT + left Shift + PrtScrn'. Each time you use this combination, the state changes from on to off and vice-versa. If you would rather disable this altogether, click on 'Make the computer easier to see'. On this dialogue page, under the heading 'High Contrast', clear the checkbox next to 'Turn on or off High Contrast when...'. Make sure that you have turned 'High Contrast' off using the shortcut before selecting this option. Click 'Save' to return to the main window. Finally, close the 'Ease of Access Center'. Dwarf "david1n" wrote: Quote: > I am no computer expert. My wife has the windows magnifier and on screen > keyboard turing on at startup. How do I turn these off? Also she has > altered the appearance of my text. How do I restore this to original > settings without losing any files? > -- > Dave |
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| | RE: appearance, windows magnifier, onscreen keyboard "Dwarf" wrote: Quote: > Hi Dave, > > These features are found in the 'Ease of Access Center'. Click on the start > orb and type 'ease of access center' into the search box and press enter. > Alternatively, press the Windows logo key + U. This brings up the 'Ease of > Access Center', and all the things that you need to deal with are grouped in > the bottom half of the screen under 'Explore all settings'. Dealing with your > questions in order. > Firstly, the magnifier. This is found by clicking on 'Make the computer > easier to see'. On this dialogue page, under the heading 'Make things on the > screen larger', clear the checkbox next to 'Turn on Magnifier'. Click 'Save' > to return to the main window. If there is a tab on the taskbar named > 'Magnifier', close it. > Secondly, the on screen keyboard. Click on 'Use the computer without a mouse > or keyboard'. On this dialogue page, under the heading 'Type using a pointing > device', clear the checkbox next to 'Use On-Screen Keyboard'. Again, click > 'Save' to return to the main window. If the 'On-Screen Keyboard' is > displayed, simply close it. > Thirdly, your text appearance. I am assuming that your wife has enabled > 'High Contrast'. If so, you can toggle this by the following key combination: > 'left ALT + left Shift + PrtScrn'. Each time you use this combination, the > state changes from on to off and vice-versa. If you would rather disable this > altogether, click on 'Make the computer easier to see'. On this dialogue > page, under the heading 'High Contrast', clear the checkbox next to 'Turn on > or off High Contrast when...'. Make sure that you have turned 'High Contrast' > off using the shortcut before selecting this option. Click 'Save' to return > to the main window. > Finally, close the 'Ease of Access Center'. > Dwarf > > "david1n" wrote: > Quote: > > I am no computer expert. My wife has the windows magnifier and on screen > > keyboard turing on at startup. How do I turn these off? Also she has > > altered the appearance of my text. How do I restore this to original > > settings without losing any files? > > -- > > Dave |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: appearance, windows magnifier, onscreen keyboard This will show you how to turn off Magnifier : Magnifier - Turn On or Off This will show you how to turn off Narrator : Narrator - Turn On or Off Hope this helps you, Shawn |
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