How to Remap a WinXP Keyboard

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I'd like to be able to either remap the keyboard or disable a key. I want
to be able to avoid accidentally pressing the lower left hand "Control" key
while typing. Apparently either Ctrl-A or Ctrl-Z can erase the text being
typed, and it's now very easy on a laptop keyboard to hit Ctrl instead of
shift.

Is there either a function within WindowsXP Home, or a utility or Power Toy
which would let me do so?


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PT

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

news.microsft.com wrote:
> I'd like to be able to either remap the keyboard or disable a key. I
> want to be able to avoid accidentally pressing the lower left hand
> "Control" key while typing. Apparently either Ctrl-A or Ctrl-Z can
> erase the text being typed, and it's now very easy on a laptop
> keyboard to hit Ctrl instead of shift.
>
> Is there either a function within WindowsXP Home, or a utility or
> Power Toy which would let me do so?


PC Magazine has a utility called TradeKeys that works very well with XP. You
can disable any key as well as switch the functions of different keys. It
solved the problem I had with accidentally hitting the Caps Lock key.

TradeKeys:
http://www.nyq.pcmag.com/article2/0,6263,770495,00.asp

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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