Microsoft Finally Puts a ‘Don’t Ask Again’ Switch in Windows Sticky Keys Pop-Ups — BigGo Finance

Microsoft is testing a way to silence one of Windows’ longest-running nuisances: the Sticky Keys and Filter Keys activation prompts that appear when users press Shift five times or hold the right Shift key for eight seconds.

The Experimental Windows Insider build 26340.9882 adds a “don’t ask again” option directly to the accessibility dialogs, letting users banish the pop-ups on the spot instead of navigating through the Settings app to disable them. The option is also rolling out in the Insider Beta channel, though the company has not announced when it will reach general availability.

The change is small in scope but addresses a complaint that has persisted for roughly three decades. Sticky Keys lets users press modifier keys such as Control one at a time rather than holding them down together, while Filter Keys ignores brief or repeated keystrokes and adjusts keyboard repeat behavior. Both features serve users with motor impairments, but their activation prompts arrive whether or…