This tutorial will show you how to change the text cursor blink rate for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.
The text cursor is that blinking line at the end of what you are typing in Windows.
The cursor blink rate is how often the text cursor blinks.
The default cursor blink rate is every 530 milliseconds, but you can stop or change this blink rate to be slower or faster.
Reference:
CursorBlinkRate
Option One: Change Text Cursor Blink Rate in Keyboard Properties
Option Two: Change Text Cursor Blink Rate in Registry Editor
Change Text Cursor Blink Rate in Keyboard Properties
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Keyboard icon.
2 Click/tap on the Speed tab in Keyboard...
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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Filter Keys for your account in Windows 11.
Filter Keys is an Accessibility option that you can use to control the keyboard repeat rate and ignore repeated keys.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/using-the-shortcut-key-to-enable-filterkeys-d9202e14-4ce5-84ed-582b-68ea1538fa59
Option One: Turn On or Off Filter Keys on Sign-in Screen
Option Two: Turn On Filter Keys using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Three: Turn On or Off Filter Keys in Settings
Option Four: Turn On or Off Filter Keys in Control Panel
Option Five: Turn On or Off Filter Keys using REG file
Turn On or Off Filter Keys on Sign-in Screen
1 While on the sign-in screen, click/tap on the Accessibility icon...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off animation effects for your account in Windows 11.
Windows 11 uses animation effects for controls and elements by default.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/signature-experiences/motion
Your animation effects settings are saved to the UserPreferencesMask DWORD value in the registry key below. This DWORD value also includes other visual effects settings.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Option One: Turn On or Off Animation Effects in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Animation Effects in Control Panel
Option Three: Turn On or Off Animation Effects in Performance Options
EXAMPLE: Animations in Windows 11 Motion Design
Turn On or Off...
This tutorial will show you how to use voice typing to dictate text with your voice in Windows 11.
In Windows 11, dictation has been updated and renamed as voice typing. Like dictation, voice typing uses online speech recognition technologies to power its speech-to-text transcription service. You no longer need to turn on the Online Speech recognition setting to use voice typing.
Voice typing allows you to enter text on your PC by speaking.
You can add a language to use a voice typing language that is different than the display language you have chosen for Windows.
To switch voice typing languages, you will need to change the input language you use.
References...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on and off Mouse Keys for your account in Windows 11.
Mouse Keys lets you use the numeric keypad on your keyboard—instead of the mouse—to move the pointer.
When mouse keys is turned on, you can only use mouse keys when Num Lock is on by default. Num Lock will toggle mouse keys active or inactive without turning off mouse keys.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-mouse-keys-to-move-the-mouse-pointer-9e0c72c8-b882-7918-8e7b-391fd62adf33
Option One: Turn On and Off Mouse Keys using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Turn On and Off Mouse Keys in Settings
Option Three: Turn On and Off Mouse Keys in Control Panel
Option Four: Turn On and Off Mouse Keys using REG file...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the mouse pointer shadow for your account in Windows 10 and Window 11.
The mouse pointer, which is sometimes referred to as the cursor, is a bitmap that specifies a focus point on the screen for user input with the mouse.
You can enable to show shadows under the mouse pointer to help make it stand out better.
The mouse pointer shadow setting is saved to the UserPreferencesMask REG_BINARY value in the key below in Registry Editor.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Option One: Enable or Disable Mouse Pointer Shadow in Visual Effects Performance Options
Option Two: Enable or Disable Mouse Pointer Shadow in Mouse Properties
Enable or Disable Mouse Pointer Shadow in...
This tutorial will show you how to open the Touch Keyboard in Windows 11.
Windows 11 includes a touch keyboard you can click/tap on to enter text. This can be handy if you have a PC with a touchscreen without a physical keyboard.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-to-know-the-touch-keyboard-004f3d67-855b-27f0-6f7c-d5145f691181
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/prevent-the-touch-keyboard-from-appearing-e2b05375-908d-45ec-b7f7-729349a10c7a
Option One: Open Touch Keyboard when Tap Text Field
Option Two: Open Touch Keyboard when Tap Text Field with Pen
Option Three: Open Touch Keyboard from Taskbar System Tray Icon
Option Four: Open Touch Keyboard in Settings
EXAMPLE: Touch keyboard
Open Touch...
This tutorial will show you how to to turn on or off auto punctuation for voice typing for your account in Windows 11.
Voice typing allows you to enter text on your PC by speaking.
You can use voice typing commands to manually insert punctuation marks.
If you like, you can turn on Auto punctuation to have voice typing automatically insert punctuation marks.
Starting with Windows 11 build 25300, the change to sync voice typing settings, Automatic punctuation and Voice typing launcher, across all devices signed in using the same Microsoft account is now available to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. You can toggle this feature via Settings > Accounts > Windows backup > Remember my preferences > Accessibility. This currently...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off displaying mouse pointer trails for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The mouse pointer, which is sometimes referred to as the cursor, is a bitmap that specifies a focus point on the screen for user input with the mouse.
You can turn on to display pointer trails to see where the mouse is moving on the screen.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.3671 (Beta 24H2) and build 26200.5518 (Dev), as part of Microsoft's ongoing work to improve settings experiences, Microsoft starting to make more mouse related settings available directly under Settings > Accessibility > Mouse and Settings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touch without needing to go into Control Panel. This...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) for your account in Windows 11.
There are several different kinds of keyboards for PCs. The most common type is a physical, external keyboard that plugs into your PC. But Windows has a built-in Accessibility tool called the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) that can be used instead of a physical keyboard.
You don’t need a touchscreen to use the OSK. It displays a visual keyboard with all the standard keys, so you can use your mouse or another pointing device to select keys, or use a physical single key or group of keys to cycle through the keys on the screen.
When you turn on OSK, a keyboard that can be used to move around the screen and enter text will appear on...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show Narrator Home when Narrator starts for your account in Windows 11.
Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen. It lets you use your PC without a mouse to complete common tasks if you’re blind or have low vision. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the internet, and work with documents.
Every time you turn on Narrator you’ll go to Narrator Home, which gives you one place where you can open everything you need, whether you want to change your Narrator settings or learn basics with QuickStart. The links at Narrator Home include QuickStart, Narrator guide...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Narrator keyboard shortcut for your account in Windows 11.
Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen. It lets you use your PC without a mouse to complete common tasks if you’re blind or have low vision. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the internet, and work with documents.
You can use the Win+Ctrl+Enter keyboard shortcut to toggle Narrator on or off.
If you like, you can disable the Narrator keyboard shortcut to prevent mistakenly turning on or off Narrator with it.
Option One: Turn On or Off Narrator Keyboard Shortcut in Settings
Option Two...
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