Keyboard Repeat Rate Maximum Not Fast Enough

Question

I've got the keyboard repeat rate for my Dell Inspiron 530 with Vista Home Premium set all the way to Fast, but I'd still like it to be faster. Is there any way to do this? The maximum repeat rate for my old Dell Dimension 8200 with Windows XP was faster.

mombodog · Answer

Use regedit.

Open up the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard Section of the registry.
Double click on the KeyboardSpeed Value in the right hand panel.
Change the value to something respectable like 80
Click OK
Close RegEdit

DavidJMarcus · Answer

No effect. I changed the value, rebooted, but the speed is the same.

DavidJMarcus · Answer

This worked: http://bandwidthcontroller.com/Keyboard%20King/

DavidJMarcus · Answer

I suppose you have both sliders all the way to the right. Yes. Here is a pdf on tuning the keyboard in Vista, there are some repeat settings buried in Vista Ease of access. Those settings seem to only make things slower. Message Edited by DavidMarcus on 10-12-2007 02:33 AM

mombodog · Answer

Looks like you found the solution with that software. Nice find.

mombodog · Answer

That was for XP was hoping it would work for Vista, guess not. :smileysad:   I suppose you have both sliders all the way to the right.   If I find something I will post it.   Here is a pdf on tuning the keyboard in Vista, there are some repeat settings buried in Vista Ease of access.   http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/raps/docs/Windows_Vista_-_Tuning_the_Keyboard.pdf

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