How to turn off Caps-Lock toggle notification?
I've got a Sager laptop that for whatever reason, every time I press caps-lock it'll bring up this little window in the upper left telling me it's been turned on/off.
This is a HUGE problem since it takes focus off of whatever form I'm in... I can't type for a second after pressing it, and if I'm in a game and accidentally press it it'll freaking minimize the game and put me in windows to display this dumb notification.
I've switched off the toggle keys options, hunted around Ease of Access Center, Keyboard, and Display settings, and can't find anything to fix this.
Google research showed a bunch of people modifying registry entries in Wincomm or something like that in the local machine/software, but I don't have that subdirectory everyone mentions, so I don't know how to shut the stupid thing off.
Anyone know where to look?
Solution 1:
It's a utility put on by Sager named the "Hot Key Utility". Go get a newer version from them, and hopefully it doesn't cause applications to lose focus. Or just uninstall it from your system to get rid of it completely.
Solution 2:
Just found a simple fix without uninstalling the utility:
In the taskbar notification area, look for the icon and right-click it. You will see OSD with a check next to it; simply uncheck it and you won't be bugged by those notifications again!
Solution 3:
For the record:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/hotkey -> ShowOSD REG_SZ "1": Change to "0"
Solution 4:
Just in case anyone is coming at this in 2019, I had the same issue on my PC Specialist UK laptop, which came with the CLEVO "HotKey" application pre-installed for the backlit keyboard, etc.
The symptom was an annoying CAPS LOCK ON/OFF notice, which appears top-left of the screen whenever the CAPS key is pressed.
In the version of Control Centre I have (part of HotKey), I can right-click on the task bar icon and toggle OSD:
I can only assume "OSD" stands for "On Screen Display".
EDIT: Sorry, I just noticed @Irvin Lim already provided much the same answer. I should have checked all the replies before posting!