How to disable sticky keys?

The sticky keys function is intended for novice users of a personal computer or people who, for some reason, can press several buttons at once (due to some kind of injury or inability to use one of their hands when working). The average user is unlikely to like this feature. The “pitiful” sound is very annoying, and sometimes it can scare the user a little. Especially often, this annoys gamers, because usually the gameplay requires repeatedly pressing a certain key from a player. How to disable sticky keys so that nothing distracts you when working on a PC or during a game? Consider this process step by step for different operating systems.

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Windows 7

The principles of disabling this function are the same everywhere - only the designations and interface differ. The following instruction will help you understand how to remove sticky keys:

1. Open the “Start” panel, then “Control Panel”. Go to “View”, “Category”. There we select “Small Icons”.
2. We click LMB (with the left mouse button), and a new window will appear on the screen.
3. Here you will see the “Accessibility Center”. You need to go there.
4. Open the link “Changing the keyboard settings” - there should be the mode “Facilitating work with the keyboard”. Go into it.
5. Find the inscription “Simplify text section” and turn off the setting by unchecking “Enable sticky keys”.
6. Do not forget to confirm your action by pressing the “Apply” key in order for your settings to take effect.

Important! If this does not help, you should enter the input filtering settings in the same menu and uncheck the two fields at the top. Do not forget to save the settings!

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Windows XP

All shutdown actions occur in almost the same way:

1. Go in: “Start”, then - “Control Panel”.
2. Find “Accessibility” and click on it with LMB.
3. In the window that opens, go to the “Keyboard” tab.
4. In the “Sticky Keys” section, uncheck the box next to “Sticky” to solve your problem.

There is another option, how to disable sticky keys, for this:

1. We cause our “problem” by pressing the “shift” key five times.
2. A window will open prompting you to disable the “Sticky Keys” feature.
3. For consent, you will need to click the “Options” button and follow the link to the new tab.
4. In the “Configure Sticky Keys” section, uncheck all the necessary items.
5. Click “Apply” and enjoy the result.

Important! If only annoying sound bothers you, then in the same tab, find the setting to turn it off.

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Windows 8 and 8.1:

1. Open the “Parameters” link by moving the cursor to the upper right corner.
2. Go to the "Accessibility" section.
3. On the “Keyboard” tab, disable the function you don’t need.

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Windows 10:

• First you need to get to the “Accessibility Center”.
• In the window we look for “Facilitating the work with the keyboard, go there and look for the checkbox“ Enable sticky keys ”, remove it.

Nothing complicated, right? Just like, but there are other types of sticking.

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Other types of sticking and control

You still can’t turn off sticky keys? Or are you interested in solving another problem? Then read on!

Mouse sticking

Such a function will be useful only when the user needs to select and drag different objects.This tool of the Windows operating system allows you to keep the mouse button pressed without physical impact.

If you have a need to disable this feature, do the following:

1. Go to: “Start”, then - “Control Panel”.
2. Open the “Printers and Other Hardware” section.
3. Open the “Mouse” item.
4. There, open “Mouse buttons” and uncheck the box next to “Enable sticking” in the “Sticky mouse button” window.
5. Click Apply.

Here we have disabled this feature for the mouse.

Key Sticking

This kind of problem can be caused by deformation of the keyboard, falling or falling debris into the key, which makes it constantly pressed. In the second case, you can do with the assembly-disassembly of the keyboard, carefully removing garbage from all the cracks - it is advisable to use a special vacuum cleaner. In the first - you should contact the service center or call the master at home.

Important! When cleaning the keyboard from foreign objects that are caught in the gaps between the keys, in no case use water! Such actions can lead to damage to your device without the possibility of subsequent recovery by any means.

When cleaning with a vacuum cleaner, you should understand that we are talking about a special vacuum cleaner, the power of which allows you not to deform the components installed on the integrated circuits of the input device.

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Note that there is no need to resort to using third-party software to solve such a simple but important issue, because each user of the Windows operating system would like the work on a personal computer to be the most comfortable and carefree. We hope that this article will help you deal with such an annoying problem.