Fun with Accessibility Options

Sorry for the late post. I have not tried this yet, but it looks like it could be loads of fun. There is a whole slew of potential pranks in the accessibility options for Windows XP and even more with Windows Vista. To find these options you go to the control panel, in XP they are called "Accessibility Options" and in Vista they are under the "Ease of Access Center." I see a bunch of nifty pranks here, but one particularly interesting one is the "Filter Keys" option. The options are a little different in XP and Vista, but you can set the computer to ignore repeated key strokes for a certain period of time. To find these you go to the "Keyboard" tab in XP and the "Make the Keyboard Easier to Use" in Vista. If you set it so that it will take 2 seconds between repeated key strokes you will cause a TON of headaches. I set at 2 seconds to test it when I started typing this post. You can't hit multiple spaces, can't hit the backspace key multiple times and even when you type words like "accessibility," it freezes on the second 'c.' HA! Love it......