I recently switched laptops at work and I just could NOT get used to the annoying fact that my delete button has shifted so far away that its became noticeably difficult to use.
Rather than try to adapt (or sprain my hand), I am using Sharpkeys, which is an excellent piece of freeware which allows you to remap your keyboard so your keyboard *ahem* "works the way it’s supposed to".
Want an extra ‘Alt’ or ‘Shift’ key? Just remap another key to it. You can also choose to turn off some keys on your keyboard altogether (like capslock), if you they get in the way.
One thing I like about it is that it’s not a program which sits in the background. Instead, Sharpkeys has no system footprint as it writes all the changes you want directly to the registry itself.
Don’t settle - Take control of your keyboard!
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Thanks for sharing this tip. I have been searching for similar software to remap my keyboard.
June 24th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Looks like another good tool for remapping keys on your keyboard. Looking forward to try this one.
June 26th, 2008 at 5:15 am
i’ve been using this program for over a year, its a great app…
i changed my caps-locks to a shift key, replaced the tilda key with delete so i can use both pinkies to delete and changed some other keys to get a mac keyboard working on windows confortably
June 26th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
i really like that pic. hehe :)
July 1st, 2008 at 7:29 pm
great app. lagi best it’s freeware. time to remap the delete key for me. recently got a comp and i’m too lazy to assimilate to the new keyboard layout.
thanks friedbeef
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July 16th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
oh my gdness friedbeef….!!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
SharpKeys also features a number of key media, such as volume control, suspended.