FilterKeys in Windows 8, disable
If you press longer than 8 seconds, the shift key will automatically activate the FilterKeys in Windows 8. The function you can disable in system settings.
- To do this, click the Windows icon in the menu bar and type in "stop delay".
- Then, you choose right the Option "switch FilterKeys on or off".
- The entry "stop delay" allows you to switch between "on" and "Off" by tapping on it.

Stop delay disable
Windows: FilterKeys in Windows 7 turn off
In Windows 7, you can disable the FilterKeys from the control panel:
- Tap on the Windows icon and type in "search programs and files" the word "FilterKeys".
- Then click on the found Option "repeated keystrokes with the FilterKeys to ignore".
- You are now in the ease of access Center. Remove the first setting, "stop delay-enable" the check mark.
- Confirm the settings by clicking on "Apply" and "Ok".

FilterKeys in Windows 7
Another article tells you how to in Windows 8 the screen by pressing a combination rotate.