razorsedge
August 21st, 2010, 03:46 PM
Pressing the Windows keys opens the start menu. Using combination’s of WinKey with other keys on your keyboard lets you perform many actions and commands that you perform with the mouse. These are the WinKey or Windows Key shortcuts and they are very useful.
But when one is gaming, and if one presses the Windows Key, any open PC game where the taskbar is not shown, will minimize without exiting the program! This often becomes a nightmare for PC gamers and as such, while playing PC games, most prefer to disable this key.
There are 3 ways to disable the WinKey or Windows Key:
1) Download and use WinKey Killer, a freeware app.
http://files6.majorgeeks.com/files/004dbbb73c0e3933d191fa195500d018/input/wkeykill17.zip
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WinKey Killer disables the Windows key and context menu key on keyboards. It also optionally disables all system keys for security purposes.
2) Download Microsoft Fix It available at KB216893 and apply it! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216893
By applying this Fix It, you can disable the Windows key that is now available on many new computer keyboards.
3) Do it manually.
To disable the Windows key, follow these steps:
* Open regedit.
* On the Windows menu, click HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE on Local Machine.
* Double-click the System\CurrentControlSet\Control folder, and then click the Keyboard Layout folder.
* On the Edit menu, click Add Value, type in Scancode Map, click REG_BINARY as the Data Type, and then click OK.
* Type 00000000000000000300000000005BE000005CE000000000 in the Data field, and then click OK.
* Close Registry Editor and restart the computer.
To enable the Windows key, follow these steps:
* Open regedit.
* On the Windows menu, click HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE on Local Machine.
* Double-click the System\CurrentControlSet\Control folder, and then click the Keyboard Layout folder.
* Right-click the Scancode Map registry entry, and then click Delete. Click Yes.
* Close Registry Editor and restart the computer.
You may want to backup your registry first!
But when one is gaming, and if one presses the Windows Key, any open PC game where the taskbar is not shown, will minimize without exiting the program! This often becomes a nightmare for PC gamers and as such, while playing PC games, most prefer to disable this key.
There are 3 ways to disable the WinKey or Windows Key:
1) Download and use WinKey Killer, a freeware app.
http://files6.majorgeeks.com/files/004dbbb73c0e3933d191fa195500d018/input/wkeykill17.zip
35614
WinKey Killer disables the Windows key and context menu key on keyboards. It also optionally disables all system keys for security purposes.
2) Download Microsoft Fix It available at KB216893 and apply it! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216893
By applying this Fix It, you can disable the Windows key that is now available on many new computer keyboards.
3) Do it manually.
To disable the Windows key, follow these steps:
* Open regedit.
* On the Windows menu, click HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE on Local Machine.
* Double-click the System\CurrentControlSet\Control folder, and then click the Keyboard Layout folder.
* On the Edit menu, click Add Value, type in Scancode Map, click REG_BINARY as the Data Type, and then click OK.
* Type 00000000000000000300000000005BE000005CE000000000 in the Data field, and then click OK.
* Close Registry Editor and restart the computer.
To enable the Windows key, follow these steps:
* Open regedit.
* On the Windows menu, click HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE on Local Machine.
* Double-click the System\CurrentControlSet\Control folder, and then click the Keyboard Layout folder.
* Right-click the Scancode Map registry entry, and then click Delete. Click Yes.
* Close Registry Editor and restart the computer.
You may want to backup your registry first!