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Rich, This topic has come up in another context, see threads at https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/b_dtTXuVdfg and https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/dlyJfCHnBf0 . (Spoiler alert: I recommended simply yanking out the offending keys, and covering with epoxy if need be.) -- dkm At 2/6/2013 05:08 PM Wednesday, Richard Wiggins wrote: >For many years I have found the Caps Lock key to most evil key on my >computer. There is no reason why this key should appear on a modern >computer. In modern times this key is useless. We simply do not type >in all caps, for decades we do not. I would say it is useless since >the 1980s, maybe the 1970s. We live in 2013, the 21st century, with >a key that gets in the way every day, that not only serves no >purpose, but in fact gets in the way. > >There is a registry hack that disables this Caps Lock key on >Windows, or re-maps it. How do you inform your users how to disable >Caps Lock? Why do Windows PCs even have the Caps Lock key? > >Do you do anything to disable this key for fleet PCs that you >deploy? Do you advise end users how to disable the Caps Lock key, >an artifact of the 1950s? > >What specific advice do you give your users? > >How have you contacted Microsoft and PC manufacturers with advice and concern? > >/rich