Original article written October 3, 2016. Some alternative on-screen keyboards and numpads are in the following list, though we have not tested these so we cannot guarantee how well they work on a Mesa 2. Alternative On-Screen Keyboards and Numpads To avoid this, temporarily disable the custom on-screen keyboard in SurvPC by clicking Equip > Configure > General > Use Virtual Keyboard. If you are running the Carlson SurvPC software on your Mesa 3 or Mesa 2 unit, it will replace the default on-screen keyboard with its own inside and outside of the software. A worse one may be manually shown using the Ease of Access settings, but this is not something that.

If some text fields appear to be too small to tap on to bring up the on-screen keyboard, see our article about adjusting the display scaling. However, on the Login or Lock Screen, no keyboard is shown. Other options, such as a full keyboard, are available on this screen.Īdditional keyboard options can be found under Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard.

Enable the 'Show touch keyboard when not in tablet mode and there's no keyboard attached' option.

Go to Start > Settings > Devices > Typing.

Select 'Show touch keyboard button' from the menu.

Tap and hold the date and time on the system tray.

If the keyboard launch icon is not visible in the bottom right system tray, If not, visit our article Re-assigning hardware keys on Mesa 3 and Mesa 2 or contact for assistance. If so, installing OS patch 17349 or later should fix it. A major Windows update may make this stop working. This setting can be viewed and changed in our custom keypad settings utility. The P3 button is set by default to pull-up the on-screen keyboard when pressed. Hardware Button Does Not Pull Up Keyboard

Disable “Show text suggestions as I type.”.

Tap Start > Settings > Devices > Typing.

If the on-screen keyboard is slow to respond,

Select 'On-screen Keyboard' to enter the password or pin.

Tap on the accessibility icon in the bottom-right corner.

If you are on the login password screen for Microsoft Windows 10, and the on-screen keyboard does not appear automatically or after placing the cursor in the password text box field, To show the update progress, tap Power > Restart. If the on-screen keyboard will not appear on the Windows login screen even after tapping on a field, an automated Windows update may be in the process of installing. This article provides solutions to common issues with the on-screen keyboard for the Mesa 2 and 3.

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