Re: disable contorl-a keyboard shortcut - desperate

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Thanks pegasys, but this doesn't help - I need to control that particular
combination or move it somewhere on the keyboard far away from control.

I learned to touch type very nicely at Pasadena High School in something
like 1963, and generally type without looking at the keyboard - I would have
the problem of the base of my left pinky brushing the control key if I was
looking at the keys.
--
Harris S. Freeman
Alliance Strategies and Programs
www.hfreeman.com



"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Hfreeman" <Hfreeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4AE431C4-9994-48DE-9045-F187C3CD1C9A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Its a serious problem. When I'm typing a document or email message the
whole
message disappears frequently for no apparent reason. I finally figured
out
that I was acidentally sending a control-a because the side of my left
index
finger had touched the control key as I struck the key. Once I do, all of
the
text is highlighted and the next character I write overtypes it, and this
can
not be undone.

I spent the whole aftertnoon today trying to follow some instructions
about
using the Group Policy Manager to edit control key settings, only to
discover
an unstated assuption - it seems to be for XP Professional, and I am using
XP
Home.

I'm using a fully up to date XP Home system (its a Media Center, if that
matters) Versio 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600, Product ID
76487-OEM-0011903-00803.
This is with Office 2003 Professional, fulll updated.

I have to believe that there is some hack I can use to either turn off the
control-a select-all keyboard shortcut or make a different key, one that
is
not right next to the control key, have this meaning.

If it means editing a Registry key I feel compotent to do this if someone
tells me which key and which new value.

All help is appreciated.


Controlling the control & capslock keys:
remapkey.exe (Win2000 Resource Kit)
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/ctrl2cap.shtml

This, of course, fixes only the symptoms. To fix the cause
I recommend that you consider learning how to touch-type,
because you will then have your eyes on the screen rather
than on the keyboard. The productivity gains of touch-typing
are enormous and I cannot understand why most people
leave this skill to typists.



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