on-screen-keyboardwindows 8
I have Windows 8 (final, MSDN) on my Macbook Pro Retina.
Windows 8's ongoing, continuous tantrum of insisting that it's on a tablet device is causing it to always have a touch keyboard 'icon' on the taskbar.
The 'icon' is actually a toolbar and I can temporarily disable it by right clicking the taskbar and DE-selecting it. However, upon rebooting the system, it always insists on coming back and activating itself.
How can I permanently disable the touch keyboard toolbar in the taskbar?
Open netplwiz from the Start Menu. Click on the Advanced tab and at the bottom of the page there's a "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete" checkbox. Try unchecking it.
If it's a corporate machine and you can/want to modify GPO settings then it's also possible. But depends a bit on what version of Windows Server you're using
Swipe from the right-edge of the screen to bring up the Charms bar. If you are using mouse and keyboard setup, you need to either move the mouse cursor to the upper or lower right corner of the screen or press Windows + C keys to see the Charms bar.
Click or tap Settings on the Charms bar and then click (or tap) Change PC settings to open PC settings.
For Windows 8.0: Here, click/tap on General in the left-pane and look for an option named Play key sounds as I type in the right-side under touch keyboard section.
For Windows 8.1: Here, click/tap on "PC and devices", then "Typing" in the left-pane and look for an option named Play key sounds as I type in the right-side under touch keyboard section.
Note. that this option may not appear on non-touch devices.
There is a different version on non-touch interface than the touch interface.
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If you disable "Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service" it prevents it from coming back. Logging on via RDP always caused it to re-enable and it was annoying me to no end! Thank god its gone for good now.