Remove "Caps Lock" Delay

I have one issue with the macbooks, I found that Apple has designed the caps lock button on the notebook keyboards to not turn on unless you hold on it. Is there a way to remove the delay so i can just press it fast and it turns on?

Hi
this was discussed and kindof fixed in this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3629790?start=15&tstart=0

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Caps lock delay

Snow Leopard had a thing that delayed caps lock enabling for a second or so so accidental presses were ignored.
Now I have mountain lion and this delay is gone. Both on my Macbook Pro and iMac (with bluetooth keyboard).
I can't find settings or anything sensible on it. Does this feature still exist or did Apple in all it's stupendous wisdom remove yet again a usefull feature?
I've reset my Pram multiple times already.
I, for another issue, reinstalled the Macbook a while ago and the issue persists through that.
I've reset settings (plists removal) and changed settings and back to trigger a renewal of plists.
I've installed all updates that got prompted to me. I always keep up to date.
Nothing seems to work.
Any ideas besides learning to hit A properly? Thanks a lot in advance!

You must be the only person who likes this "feature", and you're the only person who "fixed" it to how the rest of us want it to be!
My new MacBook Pro's internal keyboard and external aluminum keyboard still have the delay (which I hate!).
Must be another problem, because it isn't like Apple disabled this delay for the rest of us who, can type correctly without "help", asked them to. Good luck in your endeavor. I wish I had your "problem"!

Remove Caps lock/Num lock indicator?

I have a Lenovo B590 laptop with Windows 8. When Caps lock or Num lock is turned on an indicator is shown in the lower right screen and it does not disappear until its turned off. I want to either remove it or turn it off. It looks like this: I have searched this forum for a solution and, for some, removing Lenovo Silver Silk Wireless Keyboard has fixed the problem. But I do not have this program in the "Add/Remove Program" list. Any suggestions what to do?

Hi Guys Had the same problem. The indicator mentioned is for the touchpad lock. It comes on every time and just sits uselessly in the bottom centre of the screen. Fn F6 removes the indicator icon from the screen but of course now toggles the touchpad off so it will not work, So Fn F6 again displays the indicator icon (without the diagonal line) and toggles the touchpad back on and in a few moments the icon disappears. This is only a temporary solution until the next time I awaken the machine. Consequently I followed the recommendation above for ridding yourself of the NumLock and CapsLock indicators and so far it appears to have cured the problem. In the Screen Resolution properties the TouchPadLock is not an option so just getting rid of it completely seemed the only solution. If a moderator knows better then some further advice would be welcome.

Caps Lock delay gone?

I think for the new aluminum keyboard, Apple introduced a delay in the Caps Lock key to avoid hitting it mistakenly. I found this very irritating because I remap it to Control. In 10.5 I noticed there's now no delay, which I am very happy about. Anyone know any details on this? Is the delay gone, is it gone only when Caps Lock is changed to another key, etc.? I hope this is simply not a bug.

Thanks for workaround but it's not good with me. I think that using Caps Lock is more comfortable and to use Caps Lock that works I like, is even better .

Disabling the caps lock delay on the aluminum keyboard

Is there any way of turning off the accidental caps-lock press prevention on the new Apple keyboards? (http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/07/new-apple-keyboard-has-protection-against-acciden tal-caps-lock/)
I use my caps lock key as Control (SysPrefs -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard -> Modified Keys), and the bounce protection cause me no end of trouble - it is still enabled, though I am not using that key for caps lock.
I called Apple support, and they told me to return the keyboard. I do not think this will make a difference, but maybe a Genius can help me out.

Thanks for your suggestion Tom, but that's not really what we're trying to do.
On early keyboards (when I started typing on computer terminals (in the 70s/80s, yes, before personal computers, the Control key was the key to the left of "A". That was great for programmers since lots of things used Control (shell, Emacs, etc). At some point, the Powers That Be (TM) decided that Caps Lock belonged to the left of the "A" key, so people like me spent their time either hoarding the old-style keyboards or finding ways of putting Control 'back where it should be'.
So disabling Caps Lock altogether does not achieve this goal. And until the Aluminum keyboard, ALL other Apple keyboards have worked fine under OSX using the Keyboard Modifier Key swap to simply make Caps Lock be Control. This Aluminum keyboard still makes the switch and works, but at the cost of having to hold the key longer as if it still were the Caps Lock key. Many typists may not even notice this difference, but to a touch-typist, the key seems simply not to work at all.
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MIDI note delay / stagger using Caps Lock keyboard and 3rd party plugins

Whenever I am using any of the following plugins:
Waldorf PPG Wave, Waldorf D-Pole or Audio Damage Reverence,
with the respective plugin windows open, I can hit several notes on the Caps Lock keyboard simultaneously and some of them will trigger after the rest.
Interestingly, Reverence and D-Pole are effects, and so placing them on any audio instrument, including those that came with Logic, causes them to behave as PPG Wave always does when its plugin window is open.
The delay time seems to be variable.
When the plugin windows are closed, there is no delay.
As well, triggering many notes at once or notes in quick succession seems to cause things to stagger up more.
Sometimes the MIDI notes get stuck and continue playing until they are pushed again.
This seems strange to me, as CPU usage on the plugins is extremely low (the CPU meter does not even register a single mark).
The problem does NOT occur if I draw out a MIDI sequence that does precisely the sort of things that cause the holdups when I am using the Caps Lock keyboard.
Is the Caps Lock keyboard just not very good at certain things?
Why would this problem occur only with these specific plugins?
None of Logic's included plugins have this problem (unless of course I stick Reverence or D-Pole on them as an insert and open the Reverence window).
Naturally this is an inconvenience that can be worked around, but it is annoying.
Thanks for your time.

Hey Rob,
I opened up the Activity Monitor, and CPU usage in Logic Express is 35-40% with the plugin window open and between 16-20% with it closed.
That doesn't seem to be it, but your suggestion that the Caps Lock keyboard is probably just not good at handling many notes at once is definitely correct.
I plugged in a MIDI keyboard and the CPU usage is the same, but there is no staggering problem.
Perhaps there is something off with the CPU meter in Logic Express 7, though.
The Audio side registers activity, but the CPU side says nothing, when clearly the Activity Monitor has it right.
Anyway, thank you for answering my question--it is sort of an annoying little problem, but I just won't play fast with Caps Lock, I suppose.
Vince

Accidentally Removed My Caps Lock Key; Don't Know How To Put It Back On

I accidentally popped off my caps lock key trying to get out a sesame seed that got under it. Now I can't put it back on. I tried assembling it and the parts fit, but I couldn't get it to snap in place.
Here are the parts I have:
!http://i41.tinypic.com/1675jc2.jpg!
Can anyone guide me on putting it back on?
Thanks.

Thanks! That really worked
Although, I found my Caps Lock a little stiff, so I removed the metal stabilizer (saw no real use for it).
I hope nothing happens without it!
Thanks again

TS1578 How can I remove this "feature" ? I always use caps lock key and it's so annoying ! I'm fed up ! I received my new MBA yesterday, but I think I'm going to come back on Windows because of that ! So is there a solution to remove this annoying feature

How can I remove this "feature" ?
I always use caps lock key and it's so annoying (I write very fast) ! I'm fed up ! I received a MBA 13" yesterday, but I think I'm going to come back to Windows because of that !
So is there a solution to remove this annoying feature ?
Thank you very much

Yes, this is really a deal breaker for me as you say ... I'm forced to write three times slower than I did on Windows 8, that's horrible (I used to type about 110 words/min).
I'm going to return my Mac and I think I'm going to buy an Asus laptop instead ...
What a shame that Apple does not do anything for this to be configured, I have read other forums and I see that I'm not the only one complaining about that ...
How to lose customers so stupidly ...
But thank you for your reply.

Laptop freezes at HP logon screen, edit to post Caps lock key blinks 5 times

Hi,
This is an edit to my original post,
I have also noticed the caps lock key blinks 5 times in fairly
quick succession then there is about a second delay then
it keeps repeating the same pattern,also the number
lock key is also on
Don`t no if this has any importance?
Thanks again
I hope I`m posting in the right place, please forgive me if I`m not
I have a HP Probook 4535s (now out of warranty)
When I turn it on it freezes at the Hp start up screen
It does`nt matter which "F" key I press after a few
seconds it starts to beep (not in the identifying a
problem way) This includes the "Esc" key
Whatever key I have pressed it goes from just
text to having a white box around the text
but does nothing
I have reseated the RAM and them replaced
it I have also replaced the HDD, although it
is maller than the original all with the
same results, so am at a loss.
Any help and guidence would be most appreciated
Oh sorry I have also removed the battery and held
down the power button to purge it
Thank you in advance for reading my post
Best regards
Neil
ps I have not got the recovery disks (lost when we moved)

Sorry to hear that. Please refer to the Blank Screen LED Error Codes document from HP Support. It sounds like a "General system board failure." The explanation says to contact HP for assistance. The motherboard might need to be replaced, and you will probably require the assistance of a technician to fix the problem.
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Caps lock/scroll lock/num lock/ LEDs not working - instead pop-ups in bottom RH corner of screen

Specific details; p/n: GS066PA#ABG, 4 GBytes DDR2 RAM, OS Windows 7 (6.1) Ultimate Edition 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601) DirectX 11.0. LED's were working but during one of the windows automatic updates they stopped working. I don't know which update. Now I get little pop-ups "CAPS LOCK: ON" etc (black text on white background). If I rename bttray.exe to bttray1.exe and restart the laptop, that kills the pop-ups in the bottom RH corner of the screen but it does not restore the operation of my blue indicator LED's. Can anyone help please?

Hi @haggis1 ,
I saw your post regarding the problems with the pop-ups and LED lights not working after a Windows Update. Most likely there was a problem with the update when it was installed. This Microsoft Support link will show you how to uninstall an update. Try uninstalling the most recent updates and the restart the notebook and see if the LEDs start working again.
If that fixes the issue then there is another section in that link entitled: I remove an update but it gets automatically installed. That will show you how to hide an update.
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Problem that starts with *apparent* sticking caps lock key

I have a mid-2009 MacBook Pro (two weeks outside of AppleCare, of course!). Last night, it appeared the caps lock key was sticking. It would type in all caps even when I hit the button and the green indicator light went off. Moments later, I noticed that the option that shows you all the windows on the same screen was suddenly going very, very slow. I tried to restart but it started in safe mode - twice. It finally started correctly on the third or fourth reboot. I hoped it was a fluke.
Unfortunately it's happening again and rebooting doesn't seem to fix it - I can't put in my password to login because it thinks I'm typing in all caps.
Any ideas, please? Thanks.

This may enter the Apple Hall of Fame for stupid posts. I spent a couple hours last night restarting the computer, trying restore etc....and really doing anything I could from clinton's link in order to identify the problem. I'd even called our local store to let them know I would be there first thing in the morning (I'm boarding a plane in a few minutes and really needed my laptop for this trip).
So after doing all of those things + removing the caps lock key to see if it was somehow manually stuck, I go the store this morning. Virtual panic. I needed a presentation off the laptop for a workshop tomorrow and I hadn't backed up since I created it...
I enter the store, I begin to explain the situation in detail, I open up the laptop....
And the guy at the store says "Did you notice your shift key is stuck down?". Why No, I hadn't noticed that! With a tiny wiggle and a tap, that key popped back into place and the computer worked fine. The Safe Mode was happening because the shift key was down.

200n Keyboard - Caps Lock inverted = no numbers + all files highlighted

Factory o/s Vista Home + recovery CD
Faults occurred sometime after installing wireless printer. Computer left unattended. Son heard lots of beeping.
Caps lock worked but text was inverted which also resulted in no numbers. Selecting a file from a list resulted in all files above being selected.
Many things tried, restored to previous point, keyboard checked with MS diagnostic tool OK. Eventually keyboard stopped working (same with external USB keyboard) and it was impossible to restore using Recovery disc.
Paid to have system restored to Factory settings.
Memory and HDD checked and refitted. On final update, no 20 of 27 - bleeping and small Filter Key window appeared and kept on appearing 10/20 times during updating. Still both problems occurred.
Purchased new HDD and Win 7 upgrade
Installed XP pro sp2, could not type numbers in product key
Clean installed Win 7, Caps lock inverted and no numbers with Keyboard, USB keyboard and On-line keyboard. Again all files highlighted.
System Trouble Shooting – No changes or updated necessary.
System Restore – Error 0xC0003005
In Safe Mode – removed Norton leaving MS net 4, MS Silverlight, NVDIA driver.
Wireless mouse works.
Filter Key window appears sometimes.
Action Center – Richo memory stick controller incompatible, no card reader driver.
Can access msconfig but not mskey or msreg
Lenovo 3000 200n 0769 BWG
TY2BWUK s/n xxxxxxx 08/02
Win 7 Pro build 7601 sp1 BIOS 68ET35ww (v3.03)
Keyboard std PS/2
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My caps lock was stuck and I shut down. Now it's coming back up in safe boot and asking for a password. It won't take my password, I believe because of the caps lock problem. So, how can I get in?

My caps lock was stuck when I shut down my computer. It is coming back up in safe boot (I had spilled liquid on it).
It's asking for my password - which has some lower case letters...So now how can I get in?
Is there a way to change this password or something?
I have a wireless keyboard, but it wasn't set up - so, It's not recognizing it.
Any ideas?

Take your computer to get the keyboard replaced, your lucky it didn't trigger the moisture sensor and brick your machine, so your chances of the machine working well after the keyboard is replaced is likely very good.
As long as the main keyboard is sending a caps lock signal, it's not going to work even if you get in.
If you need to remove files off the internal drive, use a Firewire cable (800 to 400 adpater may be needed) and hold T to boot the problem Mac into Firewire Target Disk Mode and connect the cable to another Mac, the hard drive will appear on the desktop which you can then remove/erase files.

How do i turn off caps lock/number lock notification.

I purchased a computer today and the only thing wrong is the caps lock /number lock notification that pops up in the right hand bottom of the screen. Whenever I press CTRL ATL Delete, the app that is runnning is called, HPKEYBOARD status. I tried to end it, it stopped temporarily. But when i restart the computer the problem is back, please help.

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I have read your post on how you are looking to disable the caps lock/number lock notification on your desktop's display screen, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
In order to remove HPKEYBOARD status from your startup programs, you will need to disable by following this document on Using Microsoft System Configuration (Windows 7). The Quick Launch application responsible for HPKEYBOARD should be among the services to disable.
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Keyboard delete and caps lock keys not working after update

Shortly after a windows update two keys, delete and caps lock do not work. I have tried the following
1. system restore..it says it cannot restore as a file is missing. I have used this function before without any problem.
2. Update key board driver (standard PS/2)..it says latest version is installed.
3. Uninstall and reinstall.
4. Reset using the remove batteryt hold down power key option.
The caps lock and delete does not work in Notepad or MS Word.
It seems unlikely that the two keys themselves are damaged as it is unlikely that they would both fail at the same time and the problem after the windows undate is suspicious.
I am using Windows 7 Home premium on a 64 bit HP G62.
help appreciated as ever
thanks
matyiii

matyiii wrote:
Thanks I am beginning to suspect the same thing. I will try keyboard replacement as a last resort.....no fun to buy a new key board and have the problem persist...
regards
Matyiii
Here's another test...since your laptop has USB ports get or borrow a USB keyboard and try it and if all those keys work and test then the results would mean your laptop keyboard has stop functioning as least you narrow done the problem.
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