Access Packs for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Microsoft Windows NT
Microsoft distributes Access Packs for Microsoft Windows and Windows NT that provide people who have motion or hearing disabilities better access to computers running Windows or Windows NT. These Access Packs contain features that:
- Allow single-finger typing of SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT key combinations.
- Ignore accidental keystrokes.
- Adjust the rate at which a character is repeated when you hold down a key, or turn off character repeating entirely.
- Prevent extra characters if you unintentionally press a key more than once.
- Enable you to control the mouse pointer by using the keyboard.
- Enable you to control the computer keyboard and mouse by using an alternate input device.
- Provide a visual cue when the computer beeps or makes other sounds.
Access Pack for Microsoft Windows is included on the Microsoft Windows Driver Library in the file Accp.exe. Access Pack for Microsoft Windows NT is included in the Microsoft Application Note WN0789. If you have a modem, you can download Accp.exe or WN0789.exe, which are self-extracting archive files, from the following network services:
- CompuServe
- GEnie
- Microsoft Partner Network
- Various user-group bulletin boards (such as the bulletin-board services on the Association of PC User Groups network)
- In /SOFTLIB/MSLFILES on the Internet servers FTP.MICROSOFT.COM and WWW.MICROSOFT.COM.
- Microsoft Download Service (MSDL), which you can reach by calling (425) 936-6735 any time except between 1:00 A.M. and 2:30 A.M. Pacific time. Use the following communications settings.
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For this setting |
Specify |
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Baud rate |
1200, 2400, 9600, or 14400 |
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Parity |
None |
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Data bits |
8 |
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Stop bits |
1 |
People within the United States who do not have a modem can order the Access Packs on disks by calling the Microsoft Sales Information Center at (800) 426-9400 (voice) or (800) 892-5234 (text telephone). In Canada, you can call (905) 568-3503 or (905) 568-9641 (text telephone).