Caps Lock and Num Lock - I hate them!

[Peter Aitken]

I rarely use the Caps Lock and Numlock keys but do press them accidentally
all too often. I am looking for a utility to prevent this - ideally it would
make it difficult to activate accidentally, perhaps by requiring the key be
held down for half a sec before registering. Are there any such? Thanks

 

[Ken Blake]

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I rarely use the Caps Lock and Numlock keys but do press them
accidentally all too often. I am looking for a utility to
prevent
this - ideally it would make it difficult to activate
accidentally,
perhaps by requiring the key be held down for half a sec before
registering. Are there any such? Thanks

You can turn off the keys entirely with SharpKeys at
http://www.randyrants.com/2004/03/sharpkeys_11_of.html


I always turn off Caps Lock and Insert, two keys I never want to
use, but often press accidentally.

 

[Squire]

I think you are stuck with Caps lock,
but
Boot into your BIOS and disable Numlock

 

[SeaMaid]

Some BIOSes require NUMLOCK to be on in order to navigate/change some menu
options. Before disabling it completely, make sure you don't need it for any
of the options in your BIOS.

 

[Squire]

See Ken Blake's post

I think you are stuck with Caps lock,
but
Boot into your BIOS and disable Numlock

 

[John Waller]

I think you are stuck with Caps lock,

There are plenty of options for disabling it:

http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/disable_caps_lock/

or just enter "disable caps lock" into Google.

 

[Squire]

Thanks, John,

Jerry

There are plenty of options for disabling it:

http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/disable_caps_lock/

or just enter "disable caps lock" into Google.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Some BIOSes require NUMLOCK to be on in order to
navigate/change some
menu options. Before disabling it completely, make sure you
don't
need it for any of the options in your BIOS.

Any method for disabling it (short of a physical one), such as
the SharpKeys I suggested, would work under Windows, but would
have no effect when modifying BIOS options.

 

[Stan Brown]

I rarely use the Caps Lock and Numlock keys but do press them accidentally
all too often. I am looking for a utility to prevent this - ideally it would
make it difficult to activate accidentally, perhaps by requiring the key be
held down for half a sec before registering. Are there any such? Thanks

I feel the same as you -- I'm always hitting CapsLock instead of
Shift. So I researched key mapping and wrote "Fix the Caps Lock
Key", <http://oakroadsystems.com/tech/winxptip.htm#MiscCapslock>.

This gives you a Registry edit to make the CapsLock key behave
exactly like a Shift key. It also gives a reference to a Microsoft
page where you can learn to do additional keyboard customizations.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"To put it bluntly but fairly, anyone today who doubts that the
variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of
evolution is simply ignorant -- inexcusably ignorant, in a world
where three out of four people have learned to read and write."
--Daniel Dennett, /Darwin's Dangerous Idea/ (1995), page 46

 

[Kelly]

Not all have this option.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

In memory of those lost during Katrina &
Prayers and Hope for the remaining displaced.

 

[Plato]

Some BIOSes require NUMLOCK to be on in order to navigate/change some menu
options. Before disabling it completely, make sure you don't need it for any
of the options in your BIOS.

Not an issue. As when the pc boots up any program installed in windows
hasn't loaded yet.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Ed,

You have the $400.00 ready for the 11/22 360?

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

In memory of those lost during Katrina &
Prayers and Hope for the remaining displaced.

 

[Plato]

You have the $400.00 ready for the 11/22 360?

Went right over my head. Please note my handicap.
http://www.geocities.com/rafalhm/Jab.html