Because Windows thinks a screenreader is running.
If a screenreader is running, then the Advanced Options dialog will add “ON” and “OFF” to the end of each checkbox item so the screenreader program can read the state to a blind user.
October 2nd, 2003
Why does my Advanced Options dialog say ON and OFF after every option?
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Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
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