A Hyper Key is a single key that sends a modifier combination — usually Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Win. Since almost no application reserves this four-key combination, any shortcut created with it won't ...

How often do you actually use caps lock? Unless you're a PERPETUALLY ANGRY UNCLE, the answer is probably not much. It's odd, then, that caps lock takes up a huge amount of space on the keyboard; it's ...

Now, right-click on the right-side panel and click on New > Binary Value. Set the name of this newly created Binary Value as Scancode Map. Double click on the newly created Binary Value and set its ...

These days, caps lock’s main purpose is to make people furious whenever they mistakenly hit it. The key is so unused, in fact, there have been calls for its removal (Google doesn’t even include it on ...

The problem might be with your keyboard. To verify this, connect another keyboard and observe the results. If the problem disappears, it might mean your keyboard is faulty or that its Caps Lock key ...

Whether you want a full-time Caps Lock key or simply need the keyboard shortcut, here's how to do it. Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them ...

Losing the spinning hard drive from its Chrome OS laptops is one thing, but the news that Google would jettison the caps-lock key from its upcoming notebooks REALLY got the tech world in a twist. "We ...

To turn on caps lock on a Chromebook, you'll need to use a specific keyboard shortcut — there is no caps lock button. When you turn on caps lock, you'll see a pop-up confirmation message on your ...

Perhaps it should have occurred to me years ago, but it wasn’t until recently that I fully realized that everybody hates something about their computer keyboard. I was in the company of several family ...

I hate the Caps Lock key. An anachronism that has long outlived any marginal value it might have once offered, the key lies in wait to do one thing and one thing only: cAUSE typos whenever you are ...

Is it time to permanently retire the Caps Lock key? Pieter Hintjens thinks so. Hintjens, the CEO of iMatix, has launched the Capsoff organization in a campaign urging hardware manufacturers to ditch ...