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re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 9:36 pm Posted by Dan Smith (1 messages posted) I've used this for NT, 2000, and XP. Works great... 3; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 14:36:22 -0600 (CST) References: <9611038496.AA849638009@cccpp.com> In-Reply-To: "Jeff McCarrell"'s message of Tue, 03 Dec 96 10:30:02 pdt Message-ID: Lines: 43 X-Mailer: Red Gnus v0.66/Emacs 19.34 From: Shane Holder To: "Jeff McCarrell" Cc: cmcmahan@Teknowledge.COM, Jonathan Payne , ntem acs-users@cs.washington.edu Subject: Re: Re[2]: problem with caps/ctrl swap on NT 4.0 Date: 04 Dec 1996 14:36:21 -0600 Found this on the net somewhere. Add this value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\KeyBoard Layout\Scancode Map It's a binary value that lets you map keystrokes in the low-level keyboard drivers in NT. As a result you don't have to worry about applications bypassing mappings that you've done at a higher level (i.e. it just works). Here's the format of the value: DWORD: 0x00000000 header DWORD: 0x00000000 header DWORD: length (in DWORDs) of remaining data, including terminating DWO RD DWORD: mapping 1 ... DWORD: mapping n DWORD: 0x00000000 terminating null DWORD Each mapping DWORD has two parts: the input scancode, and an output scancode. To map scancode 0x1d (left control) to scancode 0x3a (caps lock), you want a value of 0x003a001d. Note that this does not swap the keys. Using just this mapping value, both the left control and the caps lock key will behave as caps-lock. To swap, you also need to map 0x3a to 0x1d, using 0x001d003a. So, the complete registry value you'd use to swap left-control and caps-lock is: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 1d 00 3a 00 3a 00 1d 00 00 00 00 00 This works on NT 4.0, I don't know about 3.51. This registry value is system wide, and can't be made user-specific. It also only takes affect on reboot. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Monday, December 31, 2001 at 6:30 am Posted by Ed Hannigan (6 messages posted) Is there a place where I can find which values represent which keyboard buttons? What I want to do is: 1. Disable Caps Lock if possible. If not, simply make it Shift. 2. Make the Alt key act as Ctrl. 3. Make the Windows key act as Alt. 4. Make the left Ctrl key act as the menu key that appears on the right side. Is this all possible? I am not very Registry enabled, but I can do it with good instructions. Thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Friday, January 4, 2002 at 2:09 pm Posted by Ed Hannigan (6 messages posted) Well, I didn't get an answer to this, but I found an answer on the internet. If anyone else is interested, I have finally found an application that will remap the keyboard in XP. I have tried the demo and it seems as though it does what they say. The price is $65 which is a bit more than I want to pay for this task, but if I don't find a cheaper or free solution I will go with it. If you want to disable your Caps Lock key (WHY don't they build this into the OS???)or switch it to some other function, this might be the download for you. It can do a lot of other mapping as well, with any key. $65 is not much to pay, but I am cheap. Here's the URL: http://www.klm.freeservers.com/index.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at 7:48 am Posted by Bo Kahler (1 messages posted) I tried the Keyremap from the W95 krnltoys package on XP. It did not work AND now I canot unistall it. The "programs uninstall" in control panel claims the it appears the have disappeared and suggests it removed form the installed programs list. But it is stilll there. Help! On Friday, January 4, 2002 at 2:09 pm, Ed Hannigan wrote: >Well, I didn't get an answer to this, but I found an answer on the internet. If anyone >else is interested, I have finally found an application that will remap the keyboard >in XP. I have tried the demo and it seems as though it does what they say. The price >is $65 which is a bit more than I want to pay for this task, but if I don't find >a cheaper or free solution I will go with it. > >If you want to disable your Caps Lock key (WHY don't they build this into the OS???)or >switch it to some other function, this might be the download for you. It can do a >lot of other mapping as well, with any key. $65 is not much to pay, but I am cheap. >Here's the URL: > >http://www.klm.freeservers.com/index.html > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Saturday, January 19, 2002 at 11:28 pm Posted by someone (1 messages posted) Wake up man, you should NOT have installed that since microsoft warns on the download page that it's for 95 and should not be used on 98. That's a clear indication that it wouldn't work on XP either. Either look in the .inf to see what was installed so you can manually uninstall or just live with it and pay attention to the warning next time. doh On Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at 7:48 am, Bo Kahler wrote: >I tried the Keyremap from the W95 krnltoys package on XP. It did not work AND now >I canot unistall it. The "programs uninstall" in control panel claims the it appears >the have disappeared and suggests it removed form the installed programs list. But >it is stilll there. Help! > > >On Friday, January 4, 2002 at 2:09 pm, Ed Hannigan wrote: > >Well, I didn't get an answer to this, but I found an answer on the internet. If >anyone >else is interested, I have finally found an application that will remap the keyboard >in XP. I have tried the demo and it seems as though it does what they say. The price >is $65 which is a bit more than I want to pay for this task, but if I don't find >a cheaper or free solution I will go with it. > >If you want to disable your Caps Lock key (WHY don't they build this into the OS???)or >switch it to some other function, this might be the download for you. It can do >a >lot of other mapping as well, with any key. $65 is not much to pay, but I am cheap. >Here's the URL: > >http://www.klm.freeservers.com/index.html > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Wednesday, March 20, 2002 at 4:13 am Posted by Scott S (1 messages posted) On Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 9:36 pm, Dan Smith wrote: >I've used this for NT, 2000, and XP. Works great... > >3; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 14:36:22 -0600 (CST) >References: <9611038496.AA849638009@cccpp.com> >In-Reply-To: "Jeff McCarrell"'s message of Tue, 03 Dec 96 10:30:02 pdt >Message-ID: >Lines: 43 >X-Mailer: Red Gnus v0.66/Emacs 19.34 >From: Shane Holder >To: "Jeff McCarrell" >Cc: cmcmahan@Teknowledge.COM, Jonathan Payne , ntem >acs-users@cs.washington.edu >Subject: Re: Re[2]: problem with caps/ctrl swap on NT 4.0 >Date: 04 Dec 1996 14:36:21 -0600 > > >Found this on the net somewhere. > >Add this value: > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\KeyBoard >Layout\Scancode Map > Here's the somewhere on the net where M$ documents this very cool hack: http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/input/w2kscan-map.asp Scott [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 11:09 am Posted by Craig Leres (1 messages posted) Here's how I disabled the caps lock on my IBM X22 Windows XP system. My solution was to map caps lock to left shift. As previously noted, this should also work for Windows NT and and Windows 2000. Scan Code Mapper for Windows is documented here: http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/input/w2kscan-map.asp This page doesn't give the scan code for left shift; I found that here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q59131 Here are the scan codes given on this page: ctrl 0x1D alt 0x38 left shift 0x2A right shift 0x36 The map value is as follows: 00000000 header version (zero) 00000000 header flags (zero) 00000002 number of entries (including terminator) 003A002A map caps lock (0x3A) to left shift (0x2A) 00000000 null terminator map If you want to just disable caps lock, map it to zero (0x00) instead of left shift (0x2A). Converting these values to little endian you have: 00000000 00000000 0200000000 2A003A00 00000000 Now fire up regedit and go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout Create a REG_BINARY entry called Scancode Map with the value calculated above. After you enter the values, the "modify" window should look like this: Value Name: Scancode Map Value data: 0000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0008 02 00 00 00 2A 00 3A 00 0010 00 00 00 00 Exit regedit, reboot and test. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Friday, June 28, 2002 at 4:03 pm Posted by Keith Conover (7 messages posted) See http://www.pitt.edu/~kconover/keithbet.htm On Saturday, January 19, 2002 at 11:28 pm, someone wrote: >Wake up man, you should NOT have installed that since microsoft warns on the download >page that it's for 95 and should not be used on 98. That's a clear indication that >it wouldn't work on XP either. > >Either look in the .inf to see what was installed so you can manually uninstall or >just live with it and pay attention to the warning next time. > >doh > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Wednesday, October 2, 2002 at 1:07 am Posted by Kaineas (1 messages posted) Your solution (it worked for NT) saved my day. If not my whole future life! Thanks. (Yes you stupid and completely unnecessary cAPS-lock-key. Now you've died.) On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 11:09 am, Craig Leres wrote: >Here's how I disabled the caps lock on my IBM X22 Windows XP system. >My solution was to map caps lock to left shift. As previously noted, >this should also work for Windows NT and and Windows 2000. ...... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Monday, October 14, 2002 at 6:17 pm Posted by matt? (1 messages posted) Here is a Reg Pach for the Caps thing Main Download site Alternate download site (not recommended) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 2:16 pm Posted by guy weiner (1 messages posted) 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 2:58 pm Posted by Ed Hannigan (1 messages posted) I found Keyboard Layout Manger to be the perfect solution to my problem. It costs around $65 and is well worth it. I think it will probably work for you too. http://www.klm.freeservers.com/ 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 > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Tuesday, November 26, 2002 at 8:39 pm Posted by Pat (1 messages posted) Would it be possible to remap the ESC key so that it will not disconnect you in Remote Assistance? I have a DOS app that uses the ESC key and when I am using RA I get disconnected when I am working in the DOS app and I hit the ESC key. On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 11:09 am, Craig Leres wrote: >Here's how I disabled the caps lock on my IBM X22 Windows XP system. >My solution was to map caps lock to left shift. As previously noted, >this should also work for Windows NT and and Windows 2000. > > >Scan Code Mapper for Windows is documented here: > > > > >http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/input/w2kscan-map.asp > > > >This page doesn't give the scan code for left shift; I found that >here: > > > > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q59131 > > > >Here are the scan codes given on this page: > > > > > > > > > ctrl 0x1D alt 0x38 left shift 0x2A right shift 0x36 > > > >The map value is as follows: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 00000000 header version (zero) 00000000 header flags (zero) 00000002 number of entries (including terminator) 003A002A map caps lock (0x3A) to left shift (0x2A) 00000000 null terminator map > > > >If you want to just disable caps lock, map it to zero (0x00) instead >of left shift (0x2A). > > > >Converting these values to little endian you have: > > > > >00000000 00000000 0200000000 2A003A00 00000000 > > > > >Now fire up regedit and go to: > > > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout > > > > >Create a REG_BINARY entry called Scancode Map with the value >calculated above. After you enter the values, the "modify" window >should look like this: > > >Value Name: > > >Scancode Map > > > >Value data: > > >0000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >0008 02 00 00 00 2A 00 3A 00 >0010 00 00 00 00 > > > > >Exit regedit, reboot and test. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 9:24 am Posted by pawel (1 messages posted) I've got one of the new Toshiba Satellites with [ALT-Gr] ket placed next to arrow keys instead of next to [space]. As I use Polish keyboard ALT-gr is necessary to obtain Polish characters. I would like to exchange the current ALT-Gr with the [ \| ] key (located just where the ALT should be) - but how can I get the Scan Code for the two keys in this *totally* unconventional keyboard layout? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 1:16 pm Posted by RwK (2 messages posted) www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/input/Scancode.asp#New (Download the first link: Keyboard Scancode Specification) Click, Save Target As On Monday, December 31, 2001 at 6:30 am, Ed Hannigan wrote: > > >Is there a place where I can find which values represent which keyboard buttons? >What I want to do is: > >1. Disable Caps Lock if possible. If not, simply make it Shift. >2. Make the Alt key act as Ctrl. >3. Make the Windows key act as Alt. >4. Make the left Ctrl key act as the menu key that appears on the right side. > >Is this all possible? I am not very Registry enabled, but I can do it with good instructions. > >Thanks. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Friday, March 14, 2003 at 5:40 am 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 > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Map Delete Key to Page Dn Key & Vice Versa Thursday, April 17, 2003 at 4:26 pm Posted by Zen (1 messages posted) My Dell laptop (Win XP Pro) has the delete key 3 keys in from the left on the second row. It's very inconvenient there, esp. for such an important key. The Pg Dn key is on the same row, but all the way to the right. I would like to map the Delete key to the Pg Dn key, and the Pg Dn key to the Delete key. I tried the caps lock disable and it works great!!! Any help is appreciated. Please e-mail me directly. Thank you, Zen On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 11:09 am, Craig Leres wrote: >Here's how I disabled the caps lock on my IBM X22 Windows XP system. >My solution was to map caps lock to left shift. As previously noted, >this should also work for Windows NT and and Windows 2000. > > >Scan Code Mapper for Windows is documented here: > > > > >http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/input/w2kscan-map.asp > > > >This page doesn't give the scan code for left shift; I found that >here: > > > > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q59131 > > > >Here are the scan codes given on this page: > > > > > > > > > ctrl 0x1D alt 0x38 left shift 0x2A right shift 0x36 > > > >The map value is as follows: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 00000000 header version (zero) 00000000 header flags (zero) 00000002 number of entries (including terminator) 003A002A map caps lock (0x3A) to left shift (0x2A) 00000000 null terminator map > > > >If you want to just disable caps lock, map it to zero (0x00) instead >of left shift (0x2A). > > > >Converting these values to little endian you have: > > > > >00000000 00000000 0200000000 2A003A00 00000000 > > > > >Now fire up regedit and go to: > > > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout > > > > >Create a REG_BINARY entry called Scancode Map with the value >calculated above. After you enter the values, the "modify" window >should look like this: > > >Value Name: > > >Scancode Map > > > >Value data: > > >0000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >0008 02 00 00 00 2A 00 3A 00 >0010 00 00 00 00 > > > > >Exit regedit, reboot and test. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Sunday, July 27, 2003 at 11:15 am Posted by Tipp (1 messages posted) Just a note for the desparate ones: "Click on Key Settings" - this was disabled - I had to add ANOTHER language before I could do that... On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 5:40 am, Irene wrote: >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. >Irene > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Sunday, December 7, 2003 at 1:50 pm Posted by Mark MacMillan (1 messages posted) Under WIN2000 you have the option to switch the disbling of CAPS LOCK to the Shift key. WIN XP does not have this feature (for us old 3270 users). Any ideas or help? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Sunday, December 7, 2003 at 2:16 pm Posted by Craig Leres (1 messages posted) Did you try reading the posting you replied to? re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' It's a detailed explaination on how to map caps lock to shift under XP... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 6:49 pm Posted by Mike McKelvey (1 messages posted) There is a (slightly) easier way to make the Shift key turn off CAPS LOCK in XP, and it works for both left and right shift. Regedit \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout Create a DWORD value named "Attributes" if it does not already exist. Set its hex value to 0x00010000 (that's 65536 in decimal). Reboot. Now, CAPS LOCK only turns the lock on; if you press it while caps are already locked, it does nothing. Pressing either shift key will turn the lock off -- in other words, it works exactly like a typewriter. I used to *hate* CAPS LOCK, but now I find it much less obnoxious (of course, I learned to touch-type on an old, rattley-bangey electric typewriter, so that's where my bias comes from). I even use it from time to time. (Now if I could just find a way to make my desk shake when I press Return, um, I mean Enter . . . .) Note that unlike the solution posted above, this is a per-user setting. Cheers, Mike On Sunday, December 7, 2003 at 2:16 pm, Craig Leres wrote: >Did you try reading the posting you replied to? > >re: Question about >'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' > >It's a detailed explaination on how to map caps lock to shift under XP... > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 8:19 am Posted by Alan Isaac (3 messages posted) At this price (and it's higher now because of the Euro appreciation) you might consider instead a keyboard with a proper layout. E.g., Happy Hacker, I recommend the "Lite2" version http://store.yahoo.com/pfuca-store/haphackeyser.html fwiw, Alan On Friday, January 4, 2002 at 2:09 pm, Ed Hannigan wrote: > I have finally found an application that will remap the keyboard >in XP. I have tried the demo and it seems as though it does what they say. The price >is $65 which is a bit more than I want to pay for this task, but if I don't find >a cheaper or free solution I will go with it. > >Here's the URL: > >http://www.klm.freeservers.com/index.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Thursday, January 29, 2004 at 9:04 am Posted by Rick Alber (1 messages posted) You might want to try out a $10 key capslock remapping program called anticapslock. It's available at www.orionsoft.cz/anticapslock/ and I've found that it works on Windows XP. On Friday, March 14, 2003 at 5:40 am, Irene wrote: >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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Friday, February 6, 2004 at 11:33 pm Posted by Lynne (1 messages posted) My right shift key is behaving as a tab key, how can I change this mapping. All help appreciated. Lynne [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 9:51 pm Posted by Wonderer (2 messages posted) Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to add a value to an already working key, for example, to press Alt-Gr + q and make it type a plus sign. I have searched in the Internet about modifiers and this Windows regedit mapping stuff but it seems like it can only remap/swap/delete standard keys, but not add a new fuction to them. I would appreciate any help about this subject. Thanks a lot for your attention. Best regards. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Thanks for 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Sunday, April 4, 2004 at 12:10 pm Posted by Edgar Mark (1 messages posted) Thank you for the solution of this problem ! It worked perfectly on NT4.0 and XP Prof. - Im really happy [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at 1:18 pm Posted by bbb (1 messages posted) Previous reference has moved to http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/input/w2kscan-map.asp On Wednesday, March 20, 2002 at 4:13 am, Scott S wrote: > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at 2:50 pm Posted by Eric Pement (1 messages posted) Microsoft has moved the file yet again to: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/w2kscan-map.mspx On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at 1:18 pm, bbb wrote: >Previous reference has moved to > >http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/input/w2kscan-map.asp [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 5:23 pm Posted by Jackson (1 messages posted) Hi, First of all, the alt-gr is not a part of unconventional layout, it's just americans don't need it. I was looking for a solution to this problem for some time, it happened that alt-gr is using a scancode that is a combination of ctrl and alt, in fact it produces the same efects to push ctrl+alt. I read some views it's ran by the keyboard processor. So it seems impossible to do anything by software edition. Happily, R-alt functions exactly as alt-gr in windows XP. Then a way to change your alt-gr mapping is to remap the key you'd like to use as an R-alt key. You could use the freeware: sharpkeys: http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ Though you will have 2 alt keys on the right side of your keyboard, it still solves the Toshiba ergonomy problem. It looks so simple, but I haven't seen this problem resolved anywhere... Have fun, Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 9:24 am, pawel wrote: >I've got one of the new Toshiba Satellites with [ALT-Gr] ket placed next to arrow >keys instead of next to [space]. As I use Polish keyboard ALT-gr is necessary to >obtain Polish characters. I would like to exchange the current ALT-Gr with the [ >\| ] key (located just where the ALT should be) - but how can I get the Scan Code >for the two keys in this *totally* unconventional keyboard layout? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Friday, February 18, 2005 at 6:56 am Posted by chad nash (1 messages posted) See http://netj.org/@/windows_keymap/ for keymaps-nocaps.reg and keymaps-swapcaps.reg these do it and are easy to modify On Saturday, November 3, 2001 at 8:54 am, Jeff Squires wrote: >I have a question about Customize >Your Keyboard Mapping: > > >the keyremap.inf mentioned in the article gets >installed in windows xp, but 'apply'ing the changes >doesn't really change anything. Anyone know of >other ways to swap caps lock and control keys? > >jeffsquires@netscape.net [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how to disable ctrl + esc ? Thursday, July 14, 2005 at 8:08 pm Posted by hook (3 messages posted) pls let me know the scancode map to disable ctrl . Tq. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Friday, January 13, 2006 at 5:36 pm Posted by Maggy Rond (3 messages posted) To my surprise this thread is running for almost 6 years and nobody mentioned the free remapkey.exe utility that's in Microsoft NT / 2000 resource kit. It does work in XP. It allows you to drag and drop keys wherever you want. Take care to plan carefully, if you drop your caps lock on the T key, you have 2 caps locks and no letter T. If you would like to swap those two, silly example, first drag the caps lock to an innocent place like sysreq, then the T to the original capslock, then the capslock from sysreq to T. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Monday, October 2, 2006 at 3:51 pm Posted by Arthur Dent (1 messages posted) Is there any way to fix the Shift key so it does not toggle case while Caps Lock is activated? Even completely disableing the Shift key while Caps Lock is activated would be good enough for me. This would make Shift/Caps Lock work like most other operating systems. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 12:03 am Posted by Kristian Kjær (1 messages posted) It works on Windows Server 2003 as well. Thanks for the tip! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 10:03 am Posted by Roger (1 messages posted) On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 11:09 am, Craig Leres wrote: >Here's how I disabled the caps lock on my IBM X22 Windows XP system. >My solution was to map caps lock to left shift. As previously noted, >this should also work for Windows NT and and Windows 2000. Thank you a zillion times! Works great! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Your Keyboard Mapping' Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at 10:54 pm Posted by UFUK (1 messages posted) can anyone help me??? immediately, Ishould disable ctrl+esc but how??? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum