No key on the keyboard is more annoying and more useless than the CAPS
Lock key. I accidently hit that thing at least 10 times a day and
then I'm forced to undo text changes because of it. Is there a way to
disable this key other than pulling it out of they keyboard? I'm
about to yank it from the keyboard but I'd like to know if there's a
better way of doing it.

"scs0" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:f66b8c4f-78cd-4a9b-a5e2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> No key on the keyboard is more annoying and more useless than the CAPS
> Lock key. I accidently hit that thing at least 10 times a day and
> then I'm forced to undo text changes because of it. Is there a way to
> disable this key other than pulling it out of they keyboard? I'm
> about to yank it from the keyboard but I'd like to know if there's a
> better way of doing it.

There are several ways to solve your problem:
a) Have the errant finger amputated.
b) Spend the required time to learn how to touch-type error-free.
c) Run remapkey.exe and use it to drag the left Shift key on
top of the CapsLock key. You can then hit CapsLock as often
as you like - the keyboard will no longer go into CapsLock mode.
Since optons a) and b) might not be to your liking, you should
download remapkey.exe from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Best to make a note of what you did and how you did it so that
you can undo it a few years from now when you pass the PC
on to someone else.

http://disablecapslock.com/

http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuf...ble_caps_lock/

Take care.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

scs0 wrote:
> No key on the keyboard is more annoying and more useless than the CAPS
> Lock key. I accidently hit that thing at least 10 times a day and
> then I'm forced to undo text changes because of it. Is there a way to
> disable this key other than pulling it out of they keyboard? I'm
> about to yank it from the keyboard but I'd like to know if there's a
> better way of doing it.

Gerry wrote:
> http://disablecapslock.com/
>
> http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuf...ble_caps_lock/
>
> Take care.
>
>

I like Pegasus' option (a) much better [for the OP; I don't have this
problem]. He could even tell a story to explain it: "Man From the
South" http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/south.html

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Lem

Yes Pegasus does a sense of humour. I also would leave things as they
are that's why I said "Take care".


--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




Lem wrote:
> Gerry wrote:
>> http://disablecapslock.com/
>>
>> http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuf...ble_caps_lock/
>>
>> Take care.
>>
>>
>
> I like Pegasus' option (a) much better [for the OP; I don't have this
> problem]. He could even tell a story to explain it: "Man From the
> South" http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/south.html

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:26:07 +0200, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>There are several ways to solve your problem:
>a) Have the errant finger amputated.
>b) Spend the required time to learn how to touch-type error-free.

{snip}

Good stuff!

I went to the area where one can configure for folks with sight
problems and chose to have a BEEP sound whenever I hit the key. It
makes a much softer beep when I turn CAPS LOCK off.

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:04:47 -0700 (PDT), scs0 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> No key on the keyboard is more annoying and more useless than the CAPS
> Lock key. I accidently hit that thing at least 10 times a day and
> then I'm forced to undo text changes because of it. Is there a way to
> disable this key other than pulling it out of they keyboard? I'm
> about to yank it from the keyboard but I'd like to know if there's a
> better way of doing it.


Like you I hate the capslock key and never use it on purpose. To me,
that and the insert key are both useless and both are prone to my
hitting them by accident.

There are several ways to disable (or reassign) these (and anything
else you want). I use the free SharpKeys at
http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

d) Take an unused wire. Connect one end to the electrical outlet. Tape the
other end to the surface of CAPS LOCK key.

After a few hours (may take longer for slow learners)... no more wandering
fingers. Guaranteed.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> There are several ways to solve your problem:
> a) Have the errant finger amputated.
> b) Spend the required time to learn how to touch-type error-free.
> c) Run remapkey.exe and use it to drag the left Shift key on
> top of the CapsLock key. You can then hit CapsLock as often
> as you like - the keyboard will no longer go into CapsLock mode.
> Since optons a) and b) might not be to your liking, you should
> download remapkey.exe from here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
> Best to make a note of what you did and how you did it so that
> you can undo it a few years from now when you pass the PC
> on to someone else.
>

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:04:47 -0700 (PDT), scs0 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> No key on the keyboard is more annoying and more useless than the CAPS
>> Lock key. I accidently hit that thing at least 10 times a day and
>> then I'm forced to undo text changes because of it. Is there a way to
>> disable this key other than pulling it out of they keyboard? I'm
>> about to yank it from the keyboard but I'd like to know if there's a
>> better way of doing it.
>
>
> Like you I hate the capslock key and never use it on purpose. To me,
> that and the insert key are both useless and both are prone to my
> hitting them by accident.
>
> There are several ways to disable (or reassign) these (and anything
> else you want). I use the free SharpKeys at
> http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/
>
Can we point the few posters who SHOUT in capital letters to this
thread, perhaps?

Bill

"scs0" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:f66b8c4f-78cd-4a9b-a5e2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> No key on the keyboard is more annoying and more useless than the CAPS
> Lock key. I accidently hit that thing at least 10 times a day and
> then I'm forced to undo text changes because of it. Is there a way to
> disable this key other than pulling it out of they keyboard? I'm
> about to yank it from the keyboard but I'd like to know if there's a
> better way of doing it.

I just get a big ho ho out the these types of post. Don't know how to
type, so they blame it on the Caps Lock Key. In other words everything
that one is incapable of doing is someone else's fault.