Well, I've suggested it in the MS feedback hub. Personally I'd be happy to remove the key completely from my machine, except that it would leave the keyboard looking a bit odd :-) , but my SO...

Ah, that's a bit sad. It would seem that Microsoft is so wedded to the idea of the caps lock key that they can't conceive of anyone who wouldn't want it without jumping through a load of hoops.
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That's not what I've found. I edited (as admin) the permissions for the registry key to allow users to alter it. But when I run the hack it doesn't change anything until I log out and back in again,...

Oops so it is! The issue really is that even if you do that, you still have to log out and in again for it to take effect. What's really needed is a way of disabling.enabling caps lock with a single...

Ah, that's a shame. Would it be a good idea to mention that at the top of this thread? After all, if I really want to SHOUT by using the caps lock key (and my SO says she sometimes needs to do that),...

Hello - I'm a newbie here - fairly tech-savvy (was in the IT industry for 35 years) but now well retired. I joined to ask a follow-up question to a page here.

Peter

This is great!

But.... when I try it it tells me that I don't have sufficient permission. I can always log in as admin to make the registry hack, but that's not too useful, especially for people...