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August 6th, 2015 12:00

Virtual keyboard issue.

I just had an update for my alienware alpha. Now there is a virtual keyboard that pops up when im in desktop mode. How do I disable it? It is very annoying and in the way. It mainly happens when i try to type in the address bar of google chrome.

Edit: The only thing i've done so far in terms of ending the program is going into task manager and ending one of the HiveMinds. It stops it from happening till I restart.

  • 4305

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    Posted August 7th, 2015 10:00

    In Services I disabled "The HiveMind Interface Service" and it got rid of it

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  • evil_mason

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 13:00

    It is incredibly annoying. Also do you have a little icon in the upper right hand corner that does nothing and wont let you hit the RED X

  • Alienware - Rodrigo

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 14:00

    Hello, 

    If you have Windows 8, follow the steps below.

    • Press the Windows key + W
    • Type "services," and press Enter
    • Scroll down to "Touch screen keyboard and handwriting panel"
    • You can right click and select "Stop" or you can double-click and change it from "Automatic" startup to "Manual."

    For Windows 7, click here to view an article that explains how to disable it. 

  • SakuraAlpha

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 16:00

    How to fix it in Windows 10?

  • redbeef71

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 19:00

    Rodrigo, that is how you disable the Windows virtual keyboard.  The one he is talking about appears to be a Alpha UI virtual keyboard.  It is EXTREMELY annoying and I can not for the life of me figure out how to get rid of it.  I use my desktop mode a great deal, and this awful virtual keyboard pops up anytime I move the cursor into a text field.  Please tell us how to disable it?

  • Rexicutor

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 20:00

    This isn't the onscreen keyboard he's talking about. With a new Alienware Alpha update that was released this morning, they added an onscreen keyboard that pops up whenever a text field is selected. It's not the Windows 8 one, because that's disabled. Any idea how to disable this one? Here's a picture of it: puu.sh/.../15e45d8a44.jpg

  • IceChip91

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    Posted August 6th, 2015 23:00

    Any luck with this? Because it is really annoying and I've looked everywhere to try and remove this, to no avail.

  • Vedeyn

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    Posted August 7th, 2015 07:00

    If you go into services and stop "Hivemind services" (pretty sure thats what it was called.. cant verify at the moment) that stops it from coming up. I have not done any testing to see if that will cause any problems after a reboot yet but if you're dying to get rid of that OSK, there you go.

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    Posted August 7th, 2015 09:00

    unfortunately that didn't solve my issue. thank you though.

  • 3204

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    Posted August 7th, 2015 09:00

    I just see an icon like the thumbstick of a joypad. No red x though.