Every time I use sticky keys, after a while it shuts itself down and resets
my desktop defaults ,wall paper etc, very irritating , have checked many
times for viruses etc

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:56:01 -0700, QA_man wrote:

> Every time I use sticky keys, after a while it shuts itself down and resets
> my desktop defaults ,wall paper etc, very irritating , have checked many
> times for viruses etc

While it's common for Windows to "burp" and reset the position of desktop
items, it's very odd for so many display settings to be changed. I have no
idea why that would happen. Suggestion: Set desktop up the way that you
want. Restart computer to see if the desktop choices are preserved or not.
If they are not saved, see this web page for a possible fix:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...e_settings.htm

If they hold but sticky keys continues to cause a reset, you might try
Control Panel (classic view)> Accessibility Options: On the general page
there is a setting to turn off/not to turn off "accessibility features
after idle for (x) minutes. You could turn this off or try a different time
limit.

If you disabled this setting entirely, you could turn sticky keys off/on
when you want to. Hopefully turning it off manually will not cause the same
reset problem.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User