Tuesday 3 May 2011

Turn off Magnifier, Keyboard, Narrator in Vista


Disabling or turning off the three features which you have mentioned. Please follow the steps provided below:

Follow the steps provided below to go to Ease of Access Center:

  1. Click on ‘Start’ button.
  2. Click on ‘Control Panel’.
  3. Click on ‘Ease of Access’ and then on ‘Ease of Access Center’.
·         If the ‘Control Panel’ view is ‘Classic’, click on ‘Ease of Access Center’ directly from the list.
Alternatively you may also go to ‘Ease of Access Center’ by simultaneously pressing the ‘Windows’ key and the letter ‘U’ on the keyboard.

Please follow the provided steps to turn off the features:

I would like you to know that after performing all the steps provided below, the features will not be closed completely and you would need to restart the computer to completely turn off the features.

To turn off Narrator and Magnifier:

  1. In the ‘Ease of Access Center’, click on ‘Make the Computer Easier to See’ option.
  2. Under the ‘Hear Text and descriptions read aloud’ click the box corresponding to ‘Turn on Narrator’ to turn it off.
  3. Also under the ‘Make things on the screen larger’ click the box corresponding to ‘Turn on Magnifier’ to turn it off.
  4. Click on ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the windows.

As I have mentioned earlier, the Magnifier and the Narrator programs will not be closed after these steps. To turn them off completely you would need to restart the computer.

To turn off the On-screen Keyboard:

  1. In the ‘Ease of Access Center’, click on ‘Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard’ option.
  2. Under the ‘Type using a pointing device’ click the box corresponding to ‘Use On-screen Keyboard’ to turn it off.
  3. Click on ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the windows.

Finally restart the computer for the features to be closed completely and disabling them for Startup.

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