Remove Caps lock/Num lock indicator?

[Goliatbagge]

I have a Lenovo B590 laptop with Windows 8. When Caps lock or Num lock is turned on an indicator is shown in the lower right screen and it does not disappear until its turned off. I want to either remove it or turn it off. It looks like this:

I have searched this forum for a solution and, for some, removing Lenovo Silver Silk Wireless Keyboard has fixed the problem. But I do not have this program in the "Add/Remove Program" list. Any suggestions what to do?

[someotherguy · Accepted solution]

These keyboard status icons come from On Screen Display.

To turn it on or off:

1.  right-click on desktop -> screen resolution

2.  click on "advanced settings"

3.  click on the "On Screen Display" tab

4.  uncheck the box "Enabled on-screen display"

[Goliatbagge]

Thank you very much! This solved the problem.

[lesenv]

Hi,

on my Laptop there is a third symbol: i found the way to remove the symbols for the numLock and the CapsLock. But here I have a third symbol: a crossed pad (like the pad with two clickers on the laptops instead of a mouse). It doesn't turn off and i don't know how i turned it on... can anybody help me, please?

have a nice evening

lesenv

[someotherguy]

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lesenv wrote:

on my Laptop there is a third symbol: i found the way to remove the symbols for the numLock and the CapsLock. But here I have a third symbol: a crossed pad (like the pad with two clickers on the laptops instead of a mouse). It doesn't turn off and i don't know how i turned it on... can anybody help me, please?

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Can you take a picture of it?

[MVDtranslations]

I have the same problem, this is the icon that keeps hovering on my screen.

[CorporateBully]

Hi Guys

Had the same problem. The indicator mentioned is for the touchpad lock. It comes on every time and just sits uselessly in the bottom centre of the screen. Fn F6 removes the indicator icon from the screen but of course now toggles the touchpad off so it will not work, So Fn F6 again displays the indicator icon (without the diagonal line) and toggles the touchpad back on and in a few moments the icon disappears. This is only a temporary solution until the next time I awaken the machine.

Consequently I followed the recommendation above for ridding yourself of the NumLock and CapsLock indicators and so far it appears to have cured the problem. In the Screen Resolution properties the TouchPadLock is not an option so just getting rid of it completely seemed the only solution. If a moderator knows better then some further advice would be welcome.

[MVDtranslations]

Great! At least a temporary solution! Thank you for sharing.

[rafikiphoto]

The problem I have is that I don't want to see the num lock icon at all but I would like the caps lock icon to remain on at all times the caps lock is on. I cannot see a way to set that up. The solutions advised here set both together. Is there another way to achieve what I want?

[Hoov Community Moderator]

With the software installed on the computer no. But there are several third party applications that may work for you .Try googling Caps lock OSD.

There is also this I have not tried the answer in there so I have no idea how it works.