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Windows 8 How do I show the onscreen keyboard in a full screen game?
I have the game Hoyle Card Games running on a tablet with Windows 8. When the game starts, it opens in a full screen graphical layout and asks for a username, but I don't know how to get the keyboard up to type my name. is there a way to get the keyboard to show while in the game?- JDMils
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- full screen game controls game settings hoyle card games input keyboard issues on-screen keyboard tablet typing windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 CTRL + command not working
Whenever I do CTRL + Z CTRL + P CTRL + C CTRL + R etc It barley works. What I usually do is hold CTRL and press the key. I end up having to press it like 5 - 15 times then it gets back to normal for a while, then goes back to me having to do that. I installed no new programs or nothing It...- javoris767
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- ctrl key functionality input issues keyboard on-screen keyboard random failures shortcuts troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 How to Fix Reversed Keyboard Keys for Special Characters in Windows 8
the windows 8 I installed have changed @ and ".. at the key where @ is supposed to be, " is there and at the key where " is supposed to be, @ is there.. it seems that the keys are reversed.. How to solve this!! plus i also, tried another copy of windows 8 but same result.. thanx in advance.. ^___^- Isse Arif
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- configuration input key keyboard language layout problem settings solutions windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Unexpected Cursor Freezing While Typing: Seeking Causes and Solutions
Lately, on occasion, I'll be typing and will move the cursor to a new line. I'll just type a sentence or two, look up, and the line is blank. Cursor is absent for a few seconds, then appears and all is fine. (due to disability, I can no longer type 80 wpm without looking at the keyboard. I...- Pinkipad
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- accessibility cursor disability freezing input keyboard lines typing
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Down arrow key changes tabs
Recently my arrow keys have been acting odd. I go to a page, scroll down, but it instead scrolls through tabs. It stays like that for a few minutes, then it's okay. Any idea why and how to fix?- Pinkipad
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- arrow keys fix input issues keyboard scrolling settings tabs windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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GetKeyState function does not work when you use the AttachThreadInput function to attach an input pr
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- api attachthreadinput development error event function getkeystate input keyboard microsoft support threads windows
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 7 Another input keyboard
I defined one input keyboard (Spanish LatinAmerican) which is not English. Though I would like to keep the option to use as an exception the English keyboard. However sometimes the computer changes the input keyboard into the English one. And more rarely it changes to another keyboard...- Oliver
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- configuration input keyboard keyboard layout language settings spanish system settings windows 8
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Does my laptop support touch?
I was checking my system specs, and came over something that said like: ''Pen and touch: Touch input with 20 touchpoints'' This was translated from norwegian, and may not be 100% accurate. Any help appreciated!- Xinnax
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- 20 touchpoints devices hardware input laptop pen specs support technology touch
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Loss of English (uk) keyboard settings.
Hello. I have somehow lost the Keyboard settings for English langauge (uk). The problem occurred today the first time I booted up. It seemed to boot fine at first, then I attempted to load IE. This took an inordinate amount of time. I then attempted to open task manager. Instead I just got a...- Blueknightuk
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- automatic black screen control panel default dst english gmt input keyboard language region service installation settings startup task manager troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Lost Text After Using Tablet PC Input on Windows 7: How to Recover?
I used the tablet pc write to text input panel on my desktop [windows 7] to write a page of stuff, then pressed insert and it all disapeared,where the h--- did it go? can I get it back?8o|- dandee50
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- control panel desktop disappearing input recovery tablet text windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Garbled characters in browser(s)
Hello - I'm having an issue in Windows 7 where no matter what browser I use (IE9,Firefox,Chrome) I get certain portions of text on websites that show up as random (garbled) characters. They look like they're English, but their jumbled up. Even when I try to enter text on some sites (like this...- Mike Zamborini
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- browser chrome firefox font issues garbled characters input internet explorer paste text issues web content windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Seeking Ideas for Innovative Windows Programs: Join the Discussion!
Hello windows users, my name is Elliott and I have decided to start developing programs that people will want to use. I am starting to get to know vb code and once complete I will be moving onto c# before finally doing c++ What I am looking for is for some ideas on what people would want...- djelliotth
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- application ideas c++ coding community design development elliott hardy feedback input learning poll programming programs project development software development technology user experience visual basic visual studio
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How To: Specify which monitor accepts simulated input with Surface.
Excerpt from MSDN article on Using Input Simulator Link Removed- News
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- article configuration input monitor msdn multi-monitor settings simulator surface
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 7 Keyboard stopped working on windows 7 please help
I have a problem with Windows 7. The keyboard stopped working form when I install VMware and uninstall it. In the BIOS it works fine. When I use a Linux partition (starting from DVD, "Knoppix") it works also fine. Also at bootloader leval its ok. But at Windows 7 it stopps working. Does not...- Shahar3116
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- bios compatibility configuration devices drivers error hardware help input installation keyboard linux support tech industry troubleshooting usb vmware windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 No Audio Input from an external device
Computer Specs: Samsung Series 7 15" (Link Removed - Invalid URL) Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit Intel i7 processor 6gb ram i just bought a USB powered guitar pedal off craigslist (i've confirmed it to work on my 5 year old dell desktop downstairs) i want to run the pedal through my amp...- Chris Hamby
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- amplifier audio drivers external devices guitar hardware input instruments irq conflict mixer pedal recording samsung sound system specs tech support troubleshooting usb video playback windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Understanding the Places Bar, Favorites and Libraries: How do they work, and how they can be customi
Hi all, While using Windows XP, I used TweakUI to get the directories I frequently used with a minimum of fuss. The default options just didn't cut for me. At first, I thought the Libraries feature would be useful on Windows 7 but in my experience, they're more trouble than they're worth. What...- Cyber Shaman
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- customization documentation external storage favorites file access file dialogs file management group policy hierarchical structure input libraries quick access storage tweakui usb drives windows 7 windows xp work files
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 7 netsh mbn show interfaces results in command not found on Win7 64Bit
Hi, I'm trying to run "netsh mbn show interfaces" from a .bat or .jar file on a Windows 7 64bit system but every time I run my file, it results in "The following command was not found mbn show interfaces". When I run that same command in a cmd.exe prompt, the result is correct and as...- mariovde
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- 64-bit available commands batch file command execution command line command not found compatibility configuration input jar file mbn command netsh network scripting software issues sys32 syswow64 troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 7 Change language in URL bar
People, like myself, that have multilang systems, sometimes are typing something other than English, then go to the Internet and start typing a URL and only when they click Enter, realize that they didn't type in English. URL's are never anything but English so wouldn't it be great if no matter...- zvit
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- browser configuration english input internationalization language multilingual support settings typing url user experience web browsing
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 wierd keyboard issue
Hello. every once in a while, I press something on my keyboard (honestly can't tell you what it is since I am usually in the middle of typing up a document and may not notice when I mis-typed) but my keyboard then will not use the proper letters for the keys I type. Example: I press "a" and I...- lk4772
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- application bug control panel eclipse hardware input issues keyboard letter notepad++ ps2 reboot remote settings support typing wireless
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Bluetooth issue with key being pressed down
I have a Deltaco USB bluetooth adapter that I want to use to connect a wiimote to my computer to play games with. But when I plug the adapter in, the computer acts as if the up arrow-key is being constantly pressed down, making it scroll upwards or flip through options constantly. Nothing short...- Forecaster
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- annoyance bluetooth connectivity control deltaco drivers evaluation gamepad gaming hardware input issues keypress scrolling software toshiba troubleshooting usb adapter wiimote windows
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support