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    annoying caps lock / num lock message

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by agusman, Dec 4, 2009.

  1. agusman

    agusman when the going gets weird

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    Since always, when pressing caps lock or num lock, the gray rectangle with black capital letters message appears on the lower right corner. I´m ok with this, I got used to it.

    However, today I noticed that when pressing these keys, another square pops up: black background, gray lining, with purple icons for scroll/num/caps lock.

    It doesn's just appear, it slides from the bottom.

    Where did that come from?

    screenshot: pic.jpg
     
    agusman, Dec 4, 2009
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  2. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    You install any new dell software?
     
    Patrick, Dec 4, 2009
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    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    Yeah, this isn't a default option in the OS.
     
    surfasb, Dec 5, 2009
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    Heiji1412 Notebook Geek

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    Fairly certain it's because of Dell QuickSet.
     
    Heiji1412, Dec 7, 2009
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  5. agusman

    agusman when the going gets weird

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    I updated my Genius mouse drivers, which removed touchpad drivers (don't ask me why), so I downloaded and reinstalled Dell Touchpad drivers.

    I think that's when the popup appeared... however I don't see the relation between the touchpad and cap/num lock...
     
    agusman, Dec 7, 2009
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