o/t keyboard

[jeff]

Can anyone tell me how to disable the "insert" key on my keyboard?

thanks.

[BernieT]

Maybe a Cherry Bomb??

 

Sorry....

 

BerTau

[chris m]

Pry it off with vise grips and a screwdriver?

 

Sorry

 

C

[Roger Peterson]

The only time I have found the insert key to be a problem is when I use either the back space or delete keys. So the answer is simple, never delete or backspace.

 

sorry...

[Zero]

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The only time I have found the insert key to be a problem is when I use either the back space or delete keys. So the answer is simple, never delete or backspace

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Ha! I like that 1

 

I hate that damn key

 

[ 11-14-2002, 01:10 PM: Message edited by: Zero ]

[Greg McKay]

yes

[BernieT]

What a bunch of Clowns.........!!!

 

LOL

[Scott Bond]

Hi Gregg

Does your "yes" answer imply that

you know how to

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disable the "insert" key

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??

[Roger Peterson]

quote:

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What a bunch of Clowns.........!!!

 

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If the big red nose fits...

 

[ 11-14-2002, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: Roger ]

[cadcam]

Jeff were is the problem with this key?

[Xtreme Machine]

Jay! Its on his computer keyboard!

 

ha ha

[chris m]

Scott

 

I believe Greg's "yes" response indicates that he, too, "hates that damn key"

 

C

[Jack Mitchell]

Jeff,

 

In order to beat Andrew to the punch!

 

What exactly is it that you don't like about this particular key?

 

Insert, Delete, End, etc! are all healthy keys, these keys are here to help us, these keys are our only friends in our time of need.

 

Regards, Jack

[jeff]

The problem is that when I am in Cimco Edit and I am editing a post,I sometimes accidently hit the insert key by mistake,and since I use the Home and End keys alot,this is a problem.

When insert is off,the new text is overwriting the old,when it is on it inserts new.

[cadcam]

jeff make a aluminum button cover so you can not push it down.

[ROB]

[chris m]

Jay we actually had to do that on our gear analyzer because the guys were always pushing the wrong button and rapiding the probes into parts

 

Might be a little cumbersome on the keyboard, though

[Scott Bond]

Jay we actually had to clamp a piece of aluminum on our HAAS keyboard, because the guys were always(2 times) pushing the G28 button and rapiding the the 90 degree head into parts

[McRae]

Seriously,

 

If you want to disable a key (Permanently), pry up the key from the board using a pocket knife of something. Remove all the screws, open the back and find the offending key. Insert a non-conductor between the contacts (or - drill the contact away...) and your problem will be solved.

 

I bet that Allan knows an old dos trick for this.

[Christian Raebild]

I'm not sure whether a key can be disabled completely, but I know they can be remapped, and that should also solve your problem, without requiring as drastic methods as Andrew suggest.

 

I have seen it done with the decimal seperator key on the numeric keypad (that is a comma on a Danish keyboard, and some users want it to be a point), but unfortunately I do not remember how it was done.

A good choice for remapping the Insert key would probably be to make it act as the right shift key (the right shift key would still work as right shift too). That just leaves one problem, what if you do need the Insert key?

[Roger Peterson]

How about if we move the insert key to the tab key and then move the tab key to the ctrl key and then...

 

sorry, I couldn't resist.

[cadcam]

So I guess I was not way out there in my thoughts.

 

thanks guys that was funny.

[roy g. biv]

I think this might be what you are looking for.

 

It also makes for a good prank to change everykey to output Q. Not that I would do something like that

[Christian Raebild]

Yes, that program seems to could do the trick (I haven't tested that, though).

 

At US$ 35,- for a commercial license, it is not very expensive, but AFAIR the program I saw used was freeware, so looking around a little more might be worth the time spent looking.

 

If any of you find a Freeware program that will do the trick, a link would of course be appreciated.

[jeff]

Everybody's a comedian.

lol.

I'm sure that I'm not the only one who hates that damn key!

Where's my hammer,I'll fix it.