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Wednesday, July 13, 2016 3:35 PM | 2 votes

Hi all,

I work in IT at a hospital and I am having trouble with a number of tablets (running full Windows 10 Pro x64). Users would like to use the full keyboard layout when using the touch keyboard. The full layout keyboard is greyed-out in the keyboard selection pane. I understand that usually you can navigate to Settings > Devices > Typing > then toggle on "Activate full keyboard layout...", but in my case, that section of the Settings screen is not there. 

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Tablets are Motion Computing C5m tablets

Tablets are completely up-to-date with Windows Updates

Have tried in both "full" and "Tablet" mode

Group Policy at this hospital does not limit users in their ability to change these settings

I have been logging in as a domain administrator

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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Thursday, July 14, 2016 7:00 AM âś…Answered | 1 vote

Since you can't see this setting, I suggest to update system at first.

For your scenario, I think you can refer to this link for assistance.

Please be careful while working in the registry. Make sure you create a backup of Registry before you proceed.

http://winaero.com/blog/enable-the-full-keyboard-standard-keyboard-layout-in-the-touch-keyboard-of-windows-8-1/

Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

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Thursday, July 14, 2016 12:10 AM

Open the Settings app

Click or tap Devices

Click or tap Typing.

Toggle on "Add the standard keyboard layout as a touch keyboard option."

Now click or tap the keyboard icon in the taskbar

right-click or long-press on the taskbar and select "Show touch keyboard button."

Click or tap the keyboard button at the bottom right of the on-screen keyboard.

Select the standard keyboard icon

See also:

http://www.technipages.com/enable-disable-on-screen-keyboard

S.Sengupta, Windows Experience MVP

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 1:37 PM

Hey, that worked! Can't believe I didn't stumble upon that article after looking for nearly a week!

Thanks!