{"id":40869,"date":"2013-01-22T20:21:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T20:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=40869"},"modified":"2013-01-22T20:21:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T20:21:25","slug":"get-rid-of-the-keyboard-icon-on-the-windows-8-taskbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/get-rid-of-the-keyboard-icon-on-the-windows-8-taskbar\/","title":{"rendered":"Get rid of the keyboard icon on the Windows 8 taskbar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8key.jpg\" alt=\"win8key\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8key.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8key-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Get rid of the keyboard icon on the Windows 8 taskbar?<\/h3>\n<p>By Dave Taylor<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\"><strong>The Question:<\/strong>I&#8217;m using Windows 8 on my laptop and so far the experience is really good, except for some reason it thinks it&#8217;s running on a tablet. Not just the touch interface, but there&#8217;s even a pop-up &#8220;touch&#8221; keyboard icon on the Taskbar. Nice, but, um, I have a keyboard. How can I get rid of the keyboard icon entirely?<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave&#8217;s Answer: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know what you mean about Windows 8 really wanting to be on a touchscreen, and really being designed for tablets. In fact, if you use it for long enough, it actually makes you want a tablet so you can experience the full and proper design of the system. Well, maybe that&#8217;s just me, but still, it&#8217;s the most tablet-like, touch-friendly OS I&#8217;ve ever run on a non-touch device, for sure.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s cool with the pop-up screen keyboard in Windows 8 is that it gives you a way to do handwriting recognition. 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Look&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.askdavetaylor.com\/get_rid_of_keyboard_icon_on_windows_8_taskbar.html\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with permission from Dave Taylor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:www.askdavetaylor.com\">Sign up for Dave&#8217;s emails<\/a> about free tech support and special offers on books, seminars, workshops and more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8key.jpg\" alt=\"win8key\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8key.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8key-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How can I get rid of the Windows 8 keyboard icon 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