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BTW - I still use Word Perfect 6.1 for many projects. There's nothing like it.
I miss WordPerfect. It was so logical.
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Nov 18, 2010 - 11:38 AM
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Holly
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I was fortunate enough to skip Vista.
DeeBee, how do you implement this Sticky Keys function? Sounds handy. Is it something I have to download?
Volde-dyce, I could have told you how to do it under XP very easily, but W7 has placed it in some far-fetched place. It'll take me a moment to unearth it.
Let's see...
Okay in W7 look under Control Panel, then under the hyper-cool new name of "Ease of Access Center" (sounds like someplace where the receptionist offers you an iced drink while you wait in the lobby. It used to be "Accessibility Options.")
Choose "Make the Keyboard Easier to Use"
Check "Turn on StickyKeys"
I recommend going into "Set Up StickyKeys" to do the following:
--Check "lock modifier keys when pressed twice in a row*", "display StickyKeys in the taskbar" and decide if you want "make a sound when turning a setting on or off" (having it on drove me bananas).
Click Apply, then OK.
*This means that if you are going to do Ctrl-DownArrow to turn down the volume in RealPlayer, you can press Ctrl twice to "lock it down", then press DownArrrow until you get the volume right, then press Ctrl again to "unlock" the Ctrl function. (It does take practice, but it is worth it to take the stress off my fingers.)
Just tap the Shift key 5 times (I'm utilizing Windows 7 at the moment) and StickyKeys will be enabled...
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I've had one laptop, and it died after only 3 years, and the last year of its life was a slow putrid death. I'll never buy one again. It gave me nothing but grief, and it was a high-end expensive model. Thumbs down.
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New laptop at home, running Windows 7.
I'm work, work, working to make it stop looking and acting like an Apple product, as Microsoft and practically every other tech company in the world seems to want.*
*Dubious? Have you checked out a Radio Schack store lately?
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Sep 24, 2014 - 3:41 PM
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Grecchus
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Sticky keys! That routine is invoked if you've ever made the impossible slip of forgetting your password.
I know, it happened to me. I tend to use my Win 7 machine for a while and then pack it away in it's box when it starts to get boring only to dust it off after it's absence begins to be felt. It's mainly a middle to lower tier games platform, so that's what it's used for exclusively. Well, when in continued usage you never forget the password because it sort of becomes ingrained. I never thought it would ever happen, but after unpacking it after a longish period of storage and then setting it up, I got to the opening screen and . . . couldn't quite get the password to inch over to the tip of my tongue. Although I thought I'd never forget it the simple fact is I did.
I tried everything familiar, after which I started on everything unfamiliar until it suddenly dawned on me the machine might as well be on the moon! Whilst on the internet (someone else's machine) I discovered what promised to be a simple method that could get over that particular wall. It requires that you use the installation disk to initiate a session at the command prompt - a return to the style and methodology of DOS. You basically copy the sticky keys operating system routine to the root and rename it as cmd.exe but you can't rename the stored password right there and then because you only have limited accessibility when opening the bonnet in "safe mode," so to speak. The machine won't let you do it even though it allows you to move system files around to effect the kludge under discussion.
You then reboot the machine as per a normal session and invoke "sticky keys," which, as you'll recall above is really command.exe in disguise at this point in time. This immediately takes you to the command prompt without the constraints of operating in "safe mode," so at this point you very carefully enter the commands that overwrite the old password with the new one. When you're done with the typing you reboot again and when faced with the password, type in the new entrant and, whizz-bang, you're in!
You just have to make sure the "sticky keys" routine is left intact in the place you found it and also make sure you haven't screwed up cmd.exe. It really, really works in case of password sloppiness. Of course, you could argue why bother with a password at all when a) not having one precludes the possibility of ever being locked out, and b) if you can change it relatively easily then so can someone else. The simple answer is password initiation was supposed to help stop anyone unauthorised using the machine in the event it gets stolen and also, not everyone can be bothered to try and find a way to navigate past the password barrier, especially if they don't know the first thing about Windows (not the type they used to break in.) 
So, sticky keys for a sticky situation. There are so many tips about how to do this it's become somewhat infamous. Take a look if you're game:
http://www.top-password.com/blog/how-to-reset-windows-7-password-using-sticky-keys-trick/
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I went back to my laptop running Vista and I can't stand how clunky everything is.
After the first Service Pack release, there really wasn't all that much wrong with Vista if you had a computer with decent specs.
Vista's biggest problem, and I think what caused the huge backlash against it not long after release, was that many of the computers it came installed on (especially laptops) weren't really powerful enough for it. They had the bare minimum specs, which provided a terrible experience. That's what a $300 PC using all-inferior components will get you. Although I'm no Apple fan, there's a reason why no Apple computers come that cheap, nor do high-end PCs. The power supply in my current desktop alone cost around $200.
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But I do generally find Windows 7 a huge improvement over Windows Vista and XP now that I have been using it for a few months and got used to it.
I'm going to guess you use the mouse over the keyboard to do things.
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Yeah pretty much, though my husband is very much a keyboard shortcut kinda guy and he doesn't seem to be hurt in his typical commands by Windows 8.
Did Hubby-Pie start keyboard-shortcutting in XP or in 7?
Because if he started in XP he's missing what I'm missing. If he started in 7, they might not have been as Draconian in their changes.
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Another computer I have to use at work, and, yes.... you guessed it.... YET ANOTHER VERSION of Microsoft programs (2013).
Cheez, it's like somebody at Microsoft gets a brainwave for a new color scheme, everyone else in the rooms gets the giggles and starts changing everything.
Cripes
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The one thing I do not like about Windows 7 is the SEARCH in Windows Explorer. The XP search was a dream.
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[dupe]
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