Turn Off Accessibility Features after Specified Idle Time

When this option is selected the accessibility features you have used while working will be turned off after a specified number of minutes. This benefits people who share a computer and want to customize it to their personal preferences. This procedure tells you how to select this option through Accessibility Options in Control Panel.

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

On the Start menu:

Select Control Panel

Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key ).

Select Control Panel by pressing C.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
Select Accessibility Options.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
Press ENTER.
Press the RIGHT ARROW key, and then the LEFT ARROW key to select Accessibility Options.
Press ENTER.

In the Accessibility Options dialog box:

Select the General tab.

In the Accessibility Options dialog box:

Select the General tab by pressing CTRL+TAB.

On the General tab:

Select the Turn off accessibility features after idle for check box.
In the minutes box, select the idle time.
Select OK.

On the General tab:

Select the Turn off accessibility features after idle for check box by pressing T.
Specify the idle time by pressing the TAB key, and then pressing the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to select the number of minutes.
Press ENTER.

To close Control Panel:

Select the Close button.

To close Control Panel:

Press ALT+F, C.

Control Panel: Accessibility Options: General tab: Automatic reset