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Q99383: Access Pack for Windows WIN.INI Settings

Article: Q99383
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenable win31 kbEnableSight kbEnableMove kbEnableHear kbEnableLearn
Last Modified: 08-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the WIN.INI file settings used by Access Pack for
Windows, version 3.0a. These entries are only added to your WIN.INI file when
you explicitly save setting changes using the Access Utility provided with
Access Pack.

WARNING: Be very careful when you modify WIN.INI file settings; refer to the
Access Pack WININI.WRI file for more information.

To change these settings, choose your settings using the Access Utility, and then
save them using the Save Parameter Changes to Disk command from the File menu.

If you cannot run the Access Utility because of unsupported hardware, you can add
these entries to your WIN.INI file using a text editor, such as Microsoft
Windows Notepad. See the Access Pack WININI.WRI file for more information about
the structure of the WIN.INI file and instructions on making changes.

MORE INFORMATION
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The WIN.INI settings are describes below.

[FilterKeys] Section Settings
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On=<0 or 1>>

Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies if the Keyboard Response features (SlowKeys,
        RepeatKeys and BounceKeys) are on or off when Windows is
        started. If this setting is 0, these features are off until
        activated using the keyboard or the Access Utility. If the
        setting is 1, the features are on until deactivated.

OnOffFeedback=<0 or 1>

Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies whether the system should produce a rising or
        falling audible tone to indicate when the Keyboard Response
        features are turned on or off when using the keyboard. If this
        setting is 0, no sound is emitted.

DelayBeforeAcceptance=<milliseconds>

Default: 1000
Purpose: Specifies how long a key must be held down before being
        accepted.

AutoRepeatDelay=<milliseconds>

Default: 1000
Purpose: Specifies how long a key must be held down before it begins
        automatically repeating.

AutoRepeatRate=<milliseconds>

Default: 500
Purpose: Specifies the amount of time between automatically repeated
        keystrokes when a key is held down long enough to activate
        the auto-repeat feature. Set this value to 32760 to turn off
        auto-repeat altogether.

BounceTime=<milliseconds>

Default: 500
Purpose: Specifies amount of time a particular key should be ignored
        after it is pressed and released once.

[StickeyKeys] Section Settings
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On=<0 or 1>

Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies if the StickyKeys feature is on or off when Windows
        is started. If this setting is 0, these features are off
        until activated using the keyboard or the Access Utility. If
        the setting is 1, the feature is on until deactivated.

OnOffFeedback=<0 or 1>

Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies whether the system should produce a rising or
        falling audible tone to indicate when the StickyKeys feature
        is turned on or off with the keyboard. If this setting is 0,
        no sound is emitted.

TriState=<0 or 1>

Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies whether pressing a modifier key by itself twice in
        a row should cause the key to be locked down until it is
        pressed a third time. If the setting is 1, the modifier keys
        may be locked down using this procedure. If the setting is 0,
        pressing a modifier key a second time releases the key.

TwoKeysOff=<0 or 1>

Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies whether pressing two modifier keys or a modifier and
        a nonmodifier key simultaneously turns off the StickyKeys
        feature. If this setting is 1, pressing two modifier keys or
        one modifier key and a nonmodifier key at the same time
        turns off the StickyKeys feature.

AudibleFeedback=<0 or 1>

Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies whether the system should indicate when a modifier
        key is being latched, locked, or released by generating
        audible tones. If this setting is 1, the system generates
        these tones.

[MouseKeys] Section Settings
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On=<0 or 1>

Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies if the MouseKeys feature is on or off when Windows
        is started. If this setting is 0, this feature is off until
        activated using the keyboard or the Access Utility. If the
        setting is 1, the feature is on until deactivated.

OnOffFeedback=<0 or 1>

Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies whether the system should produce a rising or
        falling audible tone to indicate when the MouseKeys feature
        is turned on or off when using the keyboard. If this setting
        is 0, no sound is emitted.

TimeToMaximumSpeed=<milliseconds>

Default: 3000
Purpose: Specifies the amount of time it takes the mouse cursor to
        attain full speed when a mouse movement key is held down.

MaximumSpeed=<pixels-per-second>

Default: 40
Purpose: Specifies the maximum speed the mouse cursor can attain
        when a mouse movement key is held down.

[ToggleKeys] Section Settings
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On=<0 or 1>

Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies if the ToggleKeys feature is on or off when Windows
        is started. If this setting is 0, this feature is off until
        activated using the keyboard or the Access Utility. If the
        setting is 1, the feature is on until deactivated.

OnOffFeedback=<0 or 1>

Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies whether the system should produce a rising or
        falling audible tone to indicate when the ToggleKeys feature
        is turned on or off when using the keyboard. If this setting
        is 0, no sound is emitted.

[TimeOut] Section Settings
--------------------------

On=<0 or 1>

Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies if the TimeOut feature is on or off when Windows is
        started. If this setting is 0, this feature is off until
        activated using the Access Utility. If the setting is 1 the
        feature is on until deactivated.

OnOffFeedback=<0 or 1>

Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies whether the system should produce a falling tone to
        indicate when the Access Pack features have been turned off
        because of a time-out. If this setting is 0, no sound is
        emitted.

TimeToWait=<minutes>

Default: 5
Purpose: Specifies the amount of time the system must be idle, with
        no mouse or keyboard input, before all Access Pack features
        is automatically turned off.

[GIDEI] Section Settings
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On=<0 or 1>

Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies if the SerialKeys feature is on or off when the
        Access Utility is started. If this setting is 0, this feature
        is off until activated using the Access Utility.  If the
        setting is 1, the feature is on until deactivated.

BaudRate=<baud-rate>

Default: 300
Purpose: Specifies the speed at which incoming SerialKeys data is
        expected.

Port=<1, 2, 3, or 4>

Default: 1
Purpose: Specifies the serial port on which incoming SerialKeys data
        is expected. If this setting is 1, the data is expected on
        COM1; if the setting is 2, the data is expected on COM2,
        and so on.

[ShowSounds] Section Settings
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Screen=<0 or 1>

Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies whether the screen should flash when Access Pack
        detects that an application has generated a sound. This
        setting is unavailable on some types of computer displays.

Caption=<0 or 1>

Default: 0
Purpose: Specifies whether the title bar of the foreground window
        should flash when Access Pack detects that an application has
        generated a sound.

KBCategory: kbref kbdisplay kbsound kbtool kbui kbhw
KBSubcategory: win30 win31

Additional query words: video blink acces disabled handicap accessibility disabilities disability

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Keywords          : kbenable win31 kbEnableSight kbEnableMove kbEnableHear kbEnableLearn 
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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