▷ How to activate on-screen keyboard windows 10

Windows has improved since its first versions and with it accessibility. In this step by step we show you how to activate the Windows 10 on-screen keyboard. In addition, you will not only be able to have this virtual keyboard within your user account, but you will also have it available from the lock screen itself. This is very useful when our keyboard has broken and we have no way to enter our password to log in.

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Windows has the possibility of being used without having to have a physical keyboard, we must never forget that this system is not only oriented to desktops, but also to touch computers such as Tablets or mobiles that do not have a physical keypad. This is why accessibility options are the order of the day in our system and the way to use them is very simple.

Open keyboard on Windows 10 lock screen

The first option that we are going to see is one that is perhaps the most urgent for a user without a keyboard, and that is to be able to activate the Windows 10 on-screen keyboard when we are on the device's lock screen.

• Located on this screen, we click with the mouse to unlock it. Just down the right a series of buttons will appear

• We must click on the central button with the image of the circle and arrows. This will be the accessibility center of Windows. We will see as one of the options that we have is " On-screen keyboard "

• If we press the button this keyboard will appear and we can use it to type our password

Activate Windows 10 on-screen keyboard within session

Once inside the session we can also use this on-screen keyboard, let's see how to do it:

• Click on the start button to open it. To locate the on-screen keyboard we will have to find the folder in the " Windows Accessibility " menu. If we unfold it, we will find the on-screen keyboard there

Set up the on-screen keyboard to start with Windows 10

If we are going to be without a keyboard for a season, it will be best if it is activated just by starting the system.

• When we have the keyboard activated on the screen, click on the " Options " button. This is located on the right side of it

A configuration window will open where we will have some options such as activating the numeric keyboard or pressing the keys just by standing on them. We will also have the text prediction option available for when we write that the process is faster.

• To us the option that interests us is right at the end where it says " Control if the on-screen keyboard starts when you log in. " We click on it

• Now a larger configuration window will open if we look at the information, if we activate " Use On-Screen Keyboard ", we will be activating the keyboard so that it starts automatically with the system. We then activate this option and click on " OK "

In this way, the on-screen keyboard will be activated when Windows 10 starts. As we have seen, it is an easy process, although the options must recognize that it is a bit hidden. But the way the accessibility has been designed for this system is really very good.

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