Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

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TheGamers..

Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

in General Discussion • Other • 2 years ago

Hey guys, kind of a random question here, but I have been using a Dell laptop with Windows 7 for a few months now and whenever I press the caps-lock key (or actually, any other special key like that) a pop up appears. That wouldn't bug me much if it weren't for it's abilities to eat your mouse's position. Whenever I'm typing and I accidentally or intentionally press it the place where I had my cursor is gone and it is getting extremely annoying... So basically, my question is, how do I get rid of that darn pop up that is completely useless?

P.S. I have googled around and don't really trust other peoples replies on random forums without reliable resources... I really don't want to screw up my computer, since almost all of the responses are different and have something to do with uninstalling some thing.

Thanks in advance,

TheGamersHaven

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cedrickie..

Re: Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

2 years ago

never experienced that problem using win7.
what does the popup say ?

TheGamers..

Re: Re: Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

2 years ago

Well, it is a pop up, but not what you may be thinking. Whenever you press one of the button's I've mentioned a little pop up in the lower right hand corner of the screen appears with a "lock" on it showing caps lock is on or off and when it appears it eats your cursors position... If it helps I can post a picture of what it looks like?

TheGamersHaven

PhiLho

Re: Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

2 years ago

It might be a Dell thing, an add-on to Win7.

TheGamers..

Re: Re: Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

2 years ago

That's what I've been hearing... since I have a built in keyboard on my laptop there doesn't seem to be much info on the keyboard section with all the key enabling and disabling junk... ergghhh I really hate this. Who put's in a feature that is complete and utterly useless?

Annoyed...

TheGamersHaven

velvetkev..

Re: Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

2 years ago

I suspect Phi.lho is right- Dell's usually have some kind of "helper" software. On my ~18 month old Dell is called "Quickset", although that behaves a bit differently. Try having a look through the processes that are running in the task manager. Also, have a look at the drivers/downloads page for your laptop on the Dell support site- that might have some info about it.

What laptop model is it?

TheGamers..

Re: Re: Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

2 years ago

Thanks for your reply, I just checked out the task manager and nothing comes up when I hit the caps lock etc. I went to the dell support site and saw QuickSet... but didn't know what to do after I found it. I've seen posts about uninstalling it but I don't know what effects that would have on my laptop. My laptop is an Inspiron N7010, or at least, that's what I think you wanted to know.

Thanks,

TheGamersHaven

velvetkev..

Re: Re: Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

2 years ago

It will run all the time, not just when you press caps lock. As far as I know quickset just gives quick access to certain aspects of the system configuration. If you want to try disabling it, in Vista (and I assume in Win7 also) it shows up as "Quickset.exe" under the processes tab of the task manager. You can click "end process" to turn it off temporarily- it should return next time you boot.

TheGamers..

Re: Re: Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

2 years ago

Thanks a lot! For all of the random googles and web pages asking how to disable this function, they never said this. I'll look into creating a batch file that just stops it real quick.

Thanks again,

TheGamersHaven

lyean1980

Re: Windows 7 Caps Lock Pop up! ARRGGHH!

2 years ago

I understand how you feel. I felt the same way too when I was still using Windows 7.If you're going to use CAPS LOCK again try using the SHIFT key instead. Just so you can continue whatever you're working on. Goodluck!

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