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From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall)
Subject: Re: NT kernel keymap hack
11 Jan 1998 20:10:35 -0800 :
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References: <199801102258 DOT RAA02276 AT bruno DOT techno DOT com>
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To: "Steven R. Newcomb" <srn AT techno DOT com>
Cc: GNU-Win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Steven R. Newcomb wrote:
> 
> Does anybody know of an NT kernel hack that switches the caps-lock key
> with the control key (that lies under the shift key on most machines
> these days)?  I just can't adjust to the idea that the control key
> should be so inaccessible.  I'm an Emacs/bash bigot, and I like using
> the control key a lot.
> 
> I've done this remapping in Linux, and I evidently *can* do it in
> Win-95 thanks to a free downloadable kernel patch from Microsoft.  But
> I haven't found one for NT yet, and I'd sure like to.  I write
> to this list because it is read by people who expect rational
> levels of functionality under NT.
> 
> -Steve
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Try ctrl2cap at http://www.ntinternals.com/ntutil.htm.  I haven't
tried it myself but I believe it will do what you want.

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