Windows Vista feature that seems to be missing in Windows 8.1

In Windows Vista, in the keyboard setup portion of Control Panel, there was an option to change the delay between the time I pressed and held a key until the auto-repeat function kicked in.

Is there a way to do this in Windows 8.1?

tanstaafl.

On my copy of Windows 8.1, it's still there in the same place it always was, Control Panel, (search box:) Keyboard. There are sliders for repeat delay and repeat rate, in the same old dialog box as always.

Strangely, I can't seem to find out how to reach that dialog box without using the control panel's "search" box to find it. If I try to navigate the hardware menu by hand, I can't see an option for the keyboard. Note that I have that same problem on both Win7 and Win8.1, so this isn't a Win8-specific thing.

Note: If you're having trouble finding the old-school control panel at all in Windows 8.1, you can make a shortcut to CONTROL.EXE.

Odd. My Control Panel menu has it. I just never noticed the "Speed" tab and always ended up in the "Mouse and Keyboard Center" default, so I missed being able to change the auto-repeat delay.

Thank you. That 10-second delay (OK, more like three quarters of a second, but it seemed like 10 seconds!) was driving me crazy.

Hah! I made the computer store put that shortcut down in my taskbar before I even brought the computer home!

tanstaafl.