Get Visual Notification When Turning a Feature On or Off

When this accessibility option is selected, a warning message will appear when you use a shortcut key to turn an accessibility feature on or off. This is useful for alerting people who might turn on a feature accidentally. 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, under Notification:

Select the Give a warning message when turning a feature on check box.
Select OK.

On the General tab, under Notification:

Select the Give a warning message when turning a feature on check box by pressing G.
Press ENTER.

To close Control Panel:

Select the Close button.

To close Control Panel:

Press ALT+F, C.

Control Panel: Accessibility Options: General tab: Notification: Visual