djMot Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 17 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Ziggi, and I'm sure many others, was fuming over accidentally hitting his Windows key and interrupting his game. I used to have a couple of batch files set up to perform a registry hack that would turn off the Windows key, and turn it back on again. I was thinking I could create a single batch file that would disable the Windows key, start HLSW, and then re-enable the Windows key when HLSW shuts down. No dice. It seems that this type of registry hack only works if you reboot the system. Impractical for a quick toggle. Sorry about that. However, on the odd chance that anyone might be interested in the registry hack to turn on/off the Windows key, you can head on over to this website and download a couple of files and read up on how to use them. http://www.sevenforu...le-disable.html Hope that helps, and I'm sorry there isn't a more elegant solution to temporarily toggled the key on or off. On the other hand, a new gaming keyboard with this feature already built-in shouldn't be horribly expensive. The Logitech G510 goes for about $70 on Amazon.com and features a switch to turn off the Windows key. I have the G15 which also has that feature, but I don't think that keyboard is still in production. . Edited December 10, 2012 by djMot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted December 10, 2012 The Corsair Vengeance K90 keyboard also has this feature. Any Kb that bills itself as a "gaming" kb should have this as a standard item. DEEJAYKEG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NickTheGrip Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 177 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 145 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1669 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 281 Achievement Points: 10581 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2023 Birthday: 05/08/1961 Device: iPhone Share Posted December 10, 2012 You could try remapping to an area of your keyboard you don't normally game in. I am left handed and never hit my windows key so, for example, you could remap the windows key to your right CTRL or something Here is a tweak program that can do that for you (It i http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
SpitFire Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 2345 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 4 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 81 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 27 Achievement Points: 590 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/28/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 14 Birthday: 11/26/1988 Device: Android Share Posted December 10, 2012 why dont just yank the key out of the keyboard Damage_inc- and Dark Asylumn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
sabreeyes Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 1642 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 22 Topic Count: 72 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 900 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 241 Achievement Points: 6952 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 3, 2016 Birthday: 07/30/1958 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I though I was the only one who had that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraBites Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Share Posted December 10, 2012 best way to disable windows key is to pop the key out of the keyboard its the easiest and less aggrevating way Dark Asylumn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djMot Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 17 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Personally, I'd take the less invasive route and disable the Windows key in the registry. If you guys want to leave an ugly gaping hole in your keyboard and run the possibility of causing irreparable damage to the thing, sure, knock yourselves out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyDos Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.40 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Or use a Logitech G - 13 game controller.No Windows key.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 459 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 23 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 776 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 401 Achievement Points: 5416 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2012 one solution left.....do as i do use arrow keys and keys arround it. arrows to move shift to sprint DEL button to crouch END button to prone and everything else with the mouse buttons. i don't even get close to that windows key. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage_inc- Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted December 10, 2012 ive never had an interuption in cod due to hitting that key but in redfaction on my first computor i would have that completly lockup the game and have to hard reboot to correct..i used to hate it back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ENG4INE Posted December 10, 2012 Member ID: 1717 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 86 Topic Count: 50 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 657 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 610 Achievement Points: 5298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/19/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 30, 2020 Birthday: 09/24/1984 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I solved my windows key problem with my spyderco knife. I have a gaping repairable hole. Threw the windows key in my desk drawer for when I sell my keyboard. Not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecHnOBoY Posted January 2, 2013 Member ID: 755 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2191 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 961 Achievement Points: 14309 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2019 Birthday: 01/14/1982 Share Posted January 2, 2013 You can permanently deaktivate the Win-Key by using a registry "hack" I only use this key to lock my Workstation at work. At home it's permanently deactivated On my Keyboard (Logitech G15) Once deactivated, you can also use STRG+ESC to open the Windows menu it's the same. Apply this registry file (be sure that you saved your current registry) to deactivate the keys forever: http://www.wintotal.de/server/tipps/tastenkomplett_deactiv.zip Unzip theb doubleclick the .reg file. It will be Applied automaticaly then reboot. You can also reassign the win-key to another key (scroll for example) by adding this entry to your registry: Click Start->Run and copy the complete line in the text Field reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout" /v "Scancode Map" /t REG_BINARY /d 0000000000000000020000005BE0460000000000 Reboot Again: Always SAVE your registry BEFORE changing anything!! *via iphone* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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