Tag: keyboard

Toggle the Charm Keys on the Surface Keyboard

Here’s a quick tip for Surface power users. The keyboards are one of the hardware highlights of the Surface particularly for power users. However, the F keys (like F1, F2, F3, F4, etc) are inverted such that they are assigned special uses such as accessing charms, navigation options or multimedia control. Unfortunately, this can be …

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Disable the Sticky Keys Prompts in Windows

Don’t you just hate it when you’re playing a game and you are mashing the shift key only to be mercilessly thrown back to the desktop with a StickyKeys prompt? If you’re playing an online game it could mean the difference between winning or losing a narrow game. Fortunately, it is fairly easy to turn …

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Microsoft Surface – Type Cover or Bust

The title really says it all but I thought I would share my experience with the Touch Cover and Type Cover for Microsoft Surface. To put it plainly, they are chalk and cheese. You can type far more easily and efficiently with the Type Cover compared to the Touch Cover with a minor increase in …

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Microsoft Surface Type Cover Unboxing and Preview

I was hoping to hold off for a bit longer but due to the degrading reliability of the Touch Cover for my Microsoft Surface I had to kick off the process to get it replaced. Unfortunately, the online chat representative seemed unaware (or unwilling) to offer me the option of having sending back the defective …

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Improved Ergonomics for Aching Elbows

Over the last few months, I’ve had an increasing number of discomfort in my elbows. Despite treatment from the chiropractor the discomfort has come and gone. Admittedly, I spend a lot of time in front of a computer to make a living but I do fit in some physical activity most days usually in the …

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Intermittent Keyboard Functionality with Microsoft Surface

Here’s a quick tip for those with Microsoft Surface tablets. You may find that despite the touch cover or type cover being connected that it may no longer register keystrokes or will do so intermittently. Removing and reattaching the keyboard might get you up and running again but this can become a bit of a …

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Hide Password Keystrokes Under Windows RT

Another quick tip Windows RT tip. If you’re in close quarters such as on a train and you’re trying to type in a password on your Windows RT tablet using the onscreen keyboard then you might be worried about others having a peek. There’s a great feature in Windows RT that can help you out. Just before …

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Turn Off Keyboard Sounds in Windows RT

Here’s a quick tip for those of you with brand new Windows RT tablets with keyboards including the Microsoft Surface. By default, Windows RT has sounds enabled for keystrokes which can be handy for when you are trying to get used to a new keyboard but it can become rather annoying once you get the …

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iTunes Keeps Reopening After Being Closed

A quick tip for those out there who have problems closing iTunes and it just keeps reopening again and again. If this is happening to you and you have a Logitech gaming keyboard then you might want to update to Version 8.30 of the Logitech Gaming Software. Apparently, there was a bug in 8.20 that …

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A Better Soft Keyboard for your Android Smartphone

It seems these days that every Android device comes with slightly different interfaces and soft keyboards which can be a selling point for some or plain annoying for others. If you do change between Android handsets from various manufacturers then you might like to standardise upon a soft keyboard so your transition between handsets is …

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