Assigning Keyboard Buttons

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HankL

I have a wireless keyboard.
Is there a way to assign buttons on my keyboard as an example I have a
calculator button and would like to use a calculator other than the one that
Windows supplies.

Thank you,
Hank Laskin
 
HankL said:
I have a wireless keyboard.
Is there a way to assign buttons on my keyboard as an example I have a
calculator button and would like to use a calculator other than the
one that Windows supplies.

Thank you,
Hank Laskin

Which keyboard???
Did the wireless keyboard come with a user manual or help file? Does the
manufacturer have a website?
 
Hi,

That would depend on the driver supplied by the manufacturer. If the custom
keys are mappable, then the place to look is the keyboard applet in the
control panel. Using a standard keyboard driver supplied by WindowsXP will
not support the hotkeys, you need to ensure that you are using the
manufacturer's driver set.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
That would depend on the driver supplied by the manufacturer.
If the
custom keys are mappable, then the place to look is the
keyboard
applet in the control panel. Using a standard keyboard driver
supplied by WindowsXP will not support the hotkeys, you need to
ensure that you are using the manufacturer's driver set.


Another choice for Hank, if that doesn't work, is to overlay the
Windows calculator, at
%SystemRoot%\System32\calc.exe with the calculator of his choice.
Of course, that will make the Windows calculator unavailable, so
he may want to first rename it something else, so it's easy to
get back if he wants to.
 

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