By sinha on 5, September, 2006 | Channel: Microsoft

On Screen Keyboard – XP Users: Tips and Tricks

Ever faced a situation when you have to complete some important assignment and your keyboard dies off?

Today, my keyboard suddenly started malfunctioning and I was left in the middle-of-nowhere since I had to send some important documents to my boss.
While I wait for service guys to figure out what has happened to my keyboard (or buy a replacement) , here is a great way to use XP’s default On-Screen keyboard.
(I never knew that XP comes with one! Did you?)

To use the On-Screen-keyboard:
Click on “Start” Menu, select “Run” and type “OSK” (without double quotes) and hit Ok!
You will be presented with the on-screen keyboard, which can be used with the help of a mouse.

Also see: Is Caps lock really needed?

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    1. ibu_Hatela says:
      September 12, 2006 at 7:20 AM

      If your keyboard is dead, how can you write “osk”?

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    2. Ashish says:
      September 12, 2006 at 7:32 AM

      Good question! :)
      Well, use your mouse. click on start/run and copy paste the stuff from any document/file that you have on your computer

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    3. Anonymous says:
      October 16, 2006 at 6:04 PM

      wah!! ASHISH Jawaab nahi!!

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