Windows 7 Keyboard Repeat Rate and Delay are Reset on Resume from Standby / Sleep

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I always keep my keyboard repeat rate at the maximum and the delay at the minimum for optimal keyboard responsiveness.

Under Windows 7 however, I have found that the rate and delay are reset to the defaults (ie the one’s that are set with a fresh Windows installation) whenever the system resumes from sleep and requires opening the keyboard control panel applet (which already shows the desired settings) and manually setting them again by pressing Enter.

I have seen a couple of posts in the Microsoft support forums, but no solutions. Does anyone know of a way to fix this?

Best Answer

I had the same problem. Very irritating. So I wrote a little task bar application that resets the keyboard repeat rate and delay when it's double-clicked. It's supposed to reset the rate and delay when it comes out of sleep but sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But double-clicking the little task bar icon is so easy I haven't bothered debugging it that far.

Download the source here: http://thumpers-hole.net/KeyboardReset.zip
Download just the app here: http://thumpers-hole.net/KeyboardReset-JustExe.zip

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Fixed link. Sorry for the wrong link.

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