Windows 8.1 (and its equivalent Windows RT edition) includes a touch keyboard for computers and tablets with a touch screen. When you touch any text field on your tablet, the touch keyboard appears on the screen. If you don't have a touch screen, then you have two options to run it. By default, it appears with a limited set of keys and lacks Function keys, Alt, Tab and Esc keys. In this article, we will look how to enable those missing keys in the touch keyboard, and, as a bonus, we will look for two possible ways to launch the touch keyboard.
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If you are the lucky owner of a touch screen, then Windows 8.1 will show you the advanced options of the touch keyboard in PC Settings -> PC and Devices -> Input. Go there and enable the following option: Add the standard keyboard layout as a touch keyboard option. Turn the slider to the 'on' position as shown in the picture below:
Voila, now open your touch keyboard and click its options (the bottom right bottom). You will get the standard layout button enabled:
This will enable all advanced buttons including Esc, Alt and Tab. To use a Function key, tap the Fn button at the bottom left corner of the touch keyboard. The numeric buttons will change their captions to F1-F12:
How to enable the standard keyboard layout of the touch keyboard without a touch screen
If you do not have a touch screen, then Windows 8.1 will hide all advanced settings of the touch keyboard:
So, you cannot use PC settings to enable the standard keyboard layout of the touch keyboard without a touch screen. The only way for you is a registry tweak.
Now run the touch keyboard. Restarting the PC isn't required, the changes will take effect immediately, and you will get your standard keyboard layout enabled:
How to launch the touch keyboard in WIndows 8.1
There are two options to run the touch keyboard in Windows 8.1. The first option is a taskbar panel. Right click on an empty space of your taskbar and enable the Touch Keyboard toolbar:
This will place a special button near your system tray which you can click to launch the touch keyboard.
The second way is to directly run the TabTip.exe file which represents the main executable file of the touch keyboard. It is located here:
You can pin this file to the Start Screen or create a shortcut on your Desktop to have quick access to the touch keyboard.
That's it. Now you have more options to control the behavior of the touch keyboard in Windows 8.1.
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How can I remap keyboard keys in windows 8.1? I'm looking for a simple utility which will modify registry and would not require running at startup. I tried sharpkeys but, it does not seem to work in windows 8.1. Any other suggestions? Or a simple how-to tutorial for windows 8.1?
Edit: Keytweak isn't working either. Actually I want to map an unused key to function key (fn) and neither sharpkeys nor keytweak detect the keystroke for that key.
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I've posted about such a thing in this answer.
To understand what is going on, refer to this tutorial.
Here is the full list of scan codes from Mirosoft so you can alter any key.
Here is the basic breakdown. You are editing a registry key. This particular one is set to map Numlock (45,00) to null (00,00) so that it's key does nothing. For some odd reason, re-mapping 1 key means you need to specify a 2 (02,00,00,00) in positions 17-24. Likewise if you map 2 keys, you'll need to specify 3 (03,00,00,00).
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Try mapkeyboardhttp://www.inchwest.com/mapkeyboard.htmI am not sure, if it is able to detect the Fn key.
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Sharpkeys worked just fine for me, see my windows 8.1 - mapping 1 key on keyboard to another.
I was trying to assign shift to a particular key on my keyboard. MS Keyboard Layout Creator did not allow me to specify 'shift' as the replacement mapping (or I couldn't figure it out). Sharpkeys did just fine, on Windows 8.1 on an ASUS gaming laptop.
I wonder if what happens is that some manufacturer's keyboard drivers don't play well with Sharpkeys under 8.1, rather than a blanket Sharpkeys does not work.
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I recently found a VERY powerful yet FREE, simple and flexible tool that can be used for key remapping and much more. You can also compile your customizations (scripts) and provide them to others without the need to install the tool. It's called AutoHotkey (or AHK) and it seems to have a good user community. See the following 2 sites:http://www.autohotkey.com/http://ahkscript.org/
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The easiest solution I have found for custom keyboard layouts on Win 8.1 is to use the Microsoft keyboard layout Creator 1.4 on another computer with an earlier operating system. Windows xp worked for me.
After 5 hours of fiddling I came to the conclusion that Win 8.1 is incapable of building the appropriate files using the aforementioned software. It will allow you to load and modify keyboards but not save them.
On the older computer Run the software and load an existing keyboard. Modify it to suit your needs. Under the projects tab, click the build function and save the files to a usb stick.
Download and install Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 on your Windows 8.1 computer and then run setup from the saved files on your usb stick.
It will load your customised keyboard straight to your keyboard toolbar at the bottom right of your screen. If you are using an earlier operating system than XP or Vitq you may have to download and install version 1.3
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While troubleshooting PS/2 keyboard and mouse problems in Windows 8.1, in Device Manager I uninstalled the grayed out 'Microsoft PS/2 Mouse' and 'Standard PS/2 Keyboard' and rebooted. Those drivers did not reinstall (like I believe they would do in older versions of Windows) when I boot with just a PS/2 keyboard and mouse connected. In Windows 8, how do I reinstall those two drivers?
With a USB keyboard and mouse connected, I've tried right-clicking on both C:Windowsinfkeyboard.inf and C:Windowsinfmsmouse.inf choosing Install but nothing happens.
I've also tried Device Manager > Action > Add Legacy Hardware > where I've tried 'Have Disk' and have chosen each of C:Windowsinfkeyboard.inf and msmouse.inf and still nothing. If I choose list all drives at C:Windowsinf I can't find 'Microsoft PS/2 Mouse' or 'Standard PS/2 Keyboard' to manually install (even though both keyboard.inf and msmouse.inf are at that location).
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The original Windows 8.1 problem was
(a) both the PS/2 keyboard and mouse do not work when Windows 8.1 is booted up, (b) the PS/2 keyboard works in the computer's BIOS setup and during the F8 BIOS boot device menu, (c) when a USB keyboard or mouse is connected they work without problem in Windows 8.1, (d) the HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesi8042prt Start value had previously been set from 3 to 1, (e) there is no PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse driver in Device Manager with a yellow icon, (f) without a USB keyboard or mouse connected the only way to shutdown Windows 8.1 (and do a restart) is to press the power button. Ramdenu Keyboard For Windows 8.1 Pro
In the Windows 8.1 registry, setting the HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesi8042prt Start value to 1 and rebooting did not solve the above problem.
Running the Windows 8.1 Hardware Troubleshooter (Control Panel > Troubleshooting > Hardware and Sound > Hardware and Devices > Next) and rebooting when completed did not solve the above problem.
Here are the steps that solved the problem:
With a USB keyboard and mouse connected, configured Device Manager to also show non-present devices by making this change to the registry which requires Administrator privilege and a reboot for the change to take effect:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerEnvironment] devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices'=dword:00000001
After rebooting,
(a) disconnected the USB keyboard leaving the USB mouse still connected, (b) started Device Manager, (c) under View checked the Show hidden devices setting, (d) expanded 'Keyboards' and Uninstalled each USB and PS/2 keyboard that was there, (e) expanded 'Mice and other pointing devices' and Uninstalled each USB and PS/2 mouse that was there except for the one being used. Then Uninstalled the USB mouse that was being used and immediately disconnected that mouse (preventing it from re-installing). At this point only the PS/2 keyboard and mouse were connected, which were not working.
Used the power switch to shut down the computer. With only the PS/2 keyboard and mouse connected, pressed the power switch to start the computer and, at the first sign of the Windows 8.1 logo appearing on the monitor, turned off the computer with the power switch. Did this a second time. Using the power switch started the computer for a third time but let Windows 8.1 boot all the way up. While booting, a 'Windows is updating...' message displays during the boot and the status lights on the PS/2 keyboard were seen to flash.
When Windows 8.1 was fully booted, both the PS/2 keyboard and mouse where working and in Device Manager under Keyboard was a 'Standard PS/2 Keyboard' that was not greyed out and under 'Mice and other pointing devices' was a 'Microsoft PS/2 Mouse' that was not greyed out.
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this method worked for me, and it may or may not work for you:
And your keyboard should start working again
source: http://pankajsinghk.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-to-get-ps2-keyboard-working-with.html
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