> Recently I got Windows XP. Now I need to "fix" the keyboard. > > On Windows 98 I used to use the great ZDKeyMap utility (a virtual driver > available at zdnet.com) to remap several keys on my keyboard. This utility > doesn't work with Windows XP. > > Does anyone out there have a keyboard re-mapping utility -- free or cheap > or even expensive! -- that works for Windows XP. > > Thanks, > Rick > > P.S. I've looked around a bit on the Net and did come up with "Remapper > XP" utility, but it only swaps Control with CapsLock. If anyone knows how > to swap the Escape and Tilde/Backquote keys, I'd be much obliged for info! > I gave up on all this a long time ago. I have to use PCs with many OS's, and figuring out how to remap the keys on each one is too much of a time waster. Instead, you can buy a very nice keyboard in the classic IBM tradition -- heavy, great touch, tactile/audible feedback, i.e. just like IBM keyboards were before the advent of the cheesy $5 keyboard, but with Ctrl/Caps Lock swapped and also Esc swapped with Grave/Tilde:
http://www.pckeyboard.com/customizer.html For this layout you want the "Linux II" model. - Frank
