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When I hold down a key, say 'a', an 'a' is typed, then there is a pause, then another 'a' is typed, and then there is *another* pause, and then the 'a' starts repeating as usual. This is especially annoying when scrolling using the arrow keys, because scrolling motion appears to **** forward before moving smoothly.
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You must increase the leadtime before Windows considers your keeping a key pressed down means you want to repeat it.
Open Keyboard Properties by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type keyboard, and then click Keyboard.
Under Character repeat, move the Repeat delay slider to the right to increase how long you must hold down a key before the keyboard character repeats, and then click OK.
Open Keyboard in Control Panel on the speed tab make changes To adjust the amount of time that elapses before characters repeat when you hold down a key, drag the Repeat delayslider. o adjust how quickly characters repeat when you hold down a key, drag the Repeat rate slider.
1. Turn on the system. Hold down SKIP/TIME SET/CHECK. The system sounds a tone after 1 second.
2. While holding down SKIP/TIME SET/CHECK, press REPEAT/ANNC/ DAY. The system announces "Monday" and &'?appears on the display. Repeatedly press REPEAT/ ANNC/DAY until you hear or see the correct day.
3. While holding down SKIP/TIME SET/CHECK, press MEMO/2 WAY/ HOUR. The system announces "1 AM". &' appears on the display. Repeatedly press MEMO/2 WAY/ HOUR until you hear or see the correct hour.
4. While holding down SKIP/TIME SET/CHECK, press PLAY/PAUSE/ MIN. The system announces "01". &' appears on the display. Repeatedly press or hold down PLAY/PAUSE/MIN until you hear or see the correct minute.
5. Release SKIP/TIME SET/CHECK. The system announces the day and time you set.
6. To hear the current day and time, press SKIP/TIME SET/CHECK while the system is on or off.
There is a BIOS SETUP configuration, which determines the amount of time (usually 250 milliseconds) before "auto-repeat" starts. Reboot, and enter BIOS SETUP, and configure that value.
To enter the Manager's Configuration, press and hold down the PAUSE key and press the
CLEAR key twice. Continue to hold down the PAUSE key until the MESSAGE CENTER displays
the words “SERVICE MENU”. Then, release the PAUSE key, press the QUICK START
key, and press ENTER. The MESSAGE CENTER then displays, in turn, each of the configuration
settings.
I assume this is a laptop? hold down the fn key and tap the NUM LK key. the NUM LK key is probably on the top row of keys, somewhere on the right, combined with SCROLL or PAUSE or one of those other utility keys. I don't know for sure how a Toshiba keyboard is laid out.
- Go to Control Panel -> Keyboard
- We have options where we can configure the repeat delay and repeat rate
- To configure sounds you can go to Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds Tab
- You can configure sounds related to Windows Operations here
P.S. Although the settings I have specified here are meant for Win XP (when control Panel is in Classic View), they would remain almost the same for all Windows OS.
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