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Old 06-05-2007, 07:41 AM
Josh Einstein
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Re: How to remove on-screen keyboard from logon screen?

Sorry for responding to this late but the other option is to unregister
LoginKey.dll I believe which you can do with regsvr32 /u LoginKey.dll.

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"sswords" <sswords@nbhd.org> wrote in message
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>
> I looked all over the web for an answer to this and could find little to
> nothing. I'm using XP Tablet edition and wanted to permanently remove
> the on screen keyboard as it constantly popped up at inopportune times.
> There are some reg hacks out there, but mostly they're for Windows
> Mobile and don't seem to work for XP Tablet.
>
> I take no responsibility if you do this, but what I finally did was to
> find and rename the KeyboardSurrogate.exe. In my case this was located
> in the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft\Ink folder. This is a
> laptop with a full keyboard and we do not want or use the virtual
> keyboard functions. This completely removes the on screen keyboard. If
> you're worried about renaming the exe, you can always copy it off
> somewhere else or to a USB key so you could restore it if needed.
>
> This eliminated a huge annoyance for me and I hope it helps someone
> else.
>
>
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> sswords


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Old 06-05-2007, 07:41 AM