Keyboard Filter Service (POSReady 7)
4/29/2013
You can control the Keyboard Filter service at the command prompt by using the start and stop commands that are shown in this topic.
In addition, you can control the Keyboard Filter service by using the Computer Management snap-in, which is in the Administrative Tools folder of Control Panel. After opening the snap-in, you can find the Keyboard Filter service in Computer Management (Local), Services and Applications, and Services.
Start the Keyboard Filter Service
To start the Keyboard Filter service, at an Administrator command prompt, run the following command:
sc start keyboardfilter
Note
To open an Administrator command prompt, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. Some commands require that you run the command by using administrative credentials.
The previous command enables key filtering.
Stop the Keyboard Filter Service
To stop the Keyboard Filter service, at an Administrator command prompt, run the following command:
sc stop keyboardfilter
The previous command disables key filtering.
For more information about how to run a command as an Administrator, see the Start a Command Line as an Administrator topic on Microsoft TechNet.
Note
Stopping the service suspends filtering. Marking the KeyboardFilter service as Disabled will keep filtering suspended after rebooting the computer. Starting the service resumes filtering.