re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping'
Friday, March 14, 2003 at 5:40 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Irene
(3 messages posted)
I just found the solution to this one. I had tried the registry fix of adding an
Attributes key to the French keyboard, but that didn't work.
I wasn't at all interested in spending $65 on software to fix what I considered to
be a bug, so I kept looking. I finally found the slap-my-forehead-and-say-"how-silly-of-me"
solution. Here it is:
- Open Control Panel
- Double-click on Regional and Language Options
- Click on the Languages tab
- Choose Details
- Under French (France) keyboard, choose French
- Click on Key Settings
- Under to turn off CAPS LOCK, choose Press the SHIFT key
- Click on OK, OK.
So there it is, folks. Microsoft configures the French keyboard incorrectly by default,
and we users have to reconfigure it. But at least this reconfiguration is provided
for by Microsoft.
Irene
On Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 2:16 pm, guy weiner wrote:
>Used to french keboards, I am trying to convert the shift keys on both sides to
act
>as capUnlock, like on all traditionnal french typewritter keboards. Had no problem
>with that until such time I switched to XP. Loaded Keyboard Remap, as advised by
>Annoyances: to no avail, the suggested cure doesnt not work.
>
>Any advice and/or suggestion stemming from actual experience would be welcome.
>
>Thanks
>
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