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How to Disable Touchscreen Keyboard in Windows 8.1Permanently?

Dec 5, 2014

In this article, I will show you how to permanently disable the touchscreen keyboard from within the Windows 8.1 system, for users of touchscreen laptops with physical keyboards (so will never need the on-screen touch keyboard): Open Explorer 1. Tap "This PC" in left column 2. Tap "Computer" tab 3. Tap "Manage" on upper right   Then in column on left: 1. Tap "Computers" 2. Tap "Computer Management" 3. Double-Tap "Services and Application" 4. Double-Tap "Services" 5. Scroll down to "Touch Keyboard and..." 6. Tap "Turn off" on upper left Then in far right column:  1. Tap "More Actions" under "Keyboard" 2. Tap "Properties" 3.  Next to "Startup type:" select "disabled" Then restart your computer to make sure the touch keyboard really was disabled.
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