{"id":3522,"date":"2016-03-19T22:32:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T03:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/?p=3522"},"modified":"2016-03-19T22:32:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T03:32:44","slug":"tech-tip-use-usb-mouse-and-on-screen-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/tech-tip-use-usb-mouse-and-on-screen-keyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip – Use USB Mouse and On-Screen Keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a unique situation occur while troubleshooting an XP machine – I had physical access to the machine, but not the keyboard and mouse.<\/p>\n

I was able to use a USB mouse and On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) to navigate the user interface.<\/p>\n

Here is how it works:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Plug in the USB mouse. \u00a0After a couple of seconds, you should be able to move the mouse cursor.<\/li>\n
  2. Click on “Start” (or whatever passes for Start, for your version of Windows)
    \n\"osk1\"<\/li>\n
  3. Click on the computer name, to open an explorer window
    \n\"osk2\"<\/li>\n
  4. Navigate to c:\\windows
    \n\"osk3\"<\/li>\n
  5. In the “windows” folder, navigate to “system32”
    \n\"osk4\"<\/li>\n
  6. If you can’t find it, go to folder options, select “Show hidden files and folders” and make sure “hide protected\u00a0system files” is NOT checked.
    \n\"osk5\"<\/li>\n
  7. In “system32”, find a file called “osk” or “osk.exe”, and double-click to open it.
    \n\"osk6\"<\/li>\n
  8. The OSK will be displayed:
    \n\"osk7\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The OSK will remain in the foreground, and allows you to “type” using the mouse.<\/p>\n

    For example, click the Firefox Address bar, then click-type:<\/p>\n

    g – o – o – g – l – e – . – c – o – m – ent (enter)<\/p>\n

    You can manipulate most OS and application functions quickly and easily, even if the system’s keyboard and mouse are locked out for some reason.<\/p>\n

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    I had a unique situation occur while troubleshooting an XP machine – I had physical access to the machine, but not the keyboard and mouse. I was able to use a USB mouse and On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) to navigate the user interface. Here is how it works: Plug in the USB mouse. \u00a0After a couple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-tip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3522"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3533,"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions\/3533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justinparrtech.com\/JustinParr-Tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}