Taskbar Indicator for StickyKeys Does Not Show Key Status (266040)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

This article was previously published under Q266040

SYMPTOMS

When you enable the StickyKeys accessibility feature with the key status indicator on the taskbar, the status indicators may not work.

CAUSE

The mechanism to get the key status from Windows and post it to the taskbar does not work in the retail release of Windows 2000.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time    Version        Size    File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   06/21/2000  08:03p  5.0.2195.2096  81,168  Stobject.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbEnableMove kbfix kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB266040