Turn Off Accessibility Features After Specified Idle Time
When this option is selected, the accessibility features you have used while working will be turned off after a specified number of minutes. This benefits people who share a computer and want to customize it to their personal preferences. This procedure tells you how to select this option through Accessibility Options in Control Panel.
1 | On the Start menu: | Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key ). | • | Select Control Panel by pressing C. |
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2 | In Control Panel: | • | Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). | | • | If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View. | | • | Select Accessibility Options. |
| In Control Panel: | • | Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). | | • | If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB. | | • | Press ENTER. | | • | Press the RIGHT ARROW key, and then the LEFT ARROW key to select Accessibility Options. | | • | Press ENTER. |
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3 | In the Accessibility Options dialog box: | In the Accessibility Options dialog box: | • | Select the General tab by pressing CTRL+TAB. |
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4 | On the General tab: | • | Select the Turn off accessibility features after idle for check box. | | • | In the minutes box, select the idle time. | | • | Select OK. |
| On the General tab: | • | Select the Turn off accessibility features after idle for check box by pressing T. | | • | Specify the idle time by pressing the TAB key, and then pressing the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to select the number of minutes. | | • | Press ENTER. |
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5 | To close Control Panel: | • | Select the Close button. |
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Control Panel: Accessibility Options: General tab: Automatic reset