Disable the Caps Lock key

[trickson]

Hello everyone,

everything is in the title. I want to disable caps lock key, afte using PC from last 2 years i don't know this small thing, i know its shame but please do help me and tell me this keyboard tweak. I have a windows vista, Thanking you.

[Erskine]

Hello, i found the following trick but i haven't tried it:

1) Click on Start -> Run and type: regedit
2) Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard registry key.
3) Create a binary value named Scancode Map

• You'll have this type of data: 0000
• If you want to redirect to another button you can use a tool called RemapKey (see above)
• If you want to disable the F1 key on your keyboard you must enter this type of values (I indicate on the left the number of bytes that will appear gradually as the input):
  0000 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  0008 : 02 00 00 00 00 00 03 00
  0010 : 00 00 00 00
• The bytes from 00 to 07 are reserved for the header.
• The byte 08 specifies the number of redirects of keys that you define added 1. Since we do not redirect a single button, this byte is equal to 02.
• The bytes 09 to 11 are always zero.
• The code that defines the F1 key is this: 03 00.
• The last 4 bytes correspond to a termination (00 00 00 00).

Note that a restart is required ...

[Raiz]

Refer to following thread:

Caps lock display - how to turn off?

[wingeek]

A simple procedure is to use MapKey:

1. Set another key to F1 (and / or any other that you want to disable).
2. Open the Windows Registry and edit the binary value named Scancode Map.
3. Replace the code for the new key is assigned to the F1 key by 4 zeros.
4. Remember that it will be placed before the key changed.

Note: If you wish to return to default settings just delete the binary value.

[shahid khan]

Copy the following code and save in notepad with file name as disable_capskey.reg and after saving double click on it, windows will ask confirmation to merge it with registry, confirm it. And you done.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00