Comments on: Really bad design on the part of the hardware team creating the F-Lock key. http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/01/12/really-bad-design-on-the-part-of-the-hardware-team-creating-the-f-lock-key/ thoughts of the convoluted Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:07:37 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Bremmer http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/01/12/really-bad-design-on-the-part-of-the-hardware-team-creating-the-f-lock-key/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Chris Bremmer Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:26:42 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/01/12/ReallyBadDesignOnThePartOfTheHardwareTeamCreatingTheFLockKey.aspx#comment-247 I have to completely agree that this keyboard is the best money can buy. I just switched from the (wired) Natural Mutimedia keyboard to my squeeky new Wireless Desktop Pro combo. Fantastic! For the "Natural Multimedia" I was using Jason's solution for the f-lock, and thought it was fantastic. However this morning I noticed that it wasn't working for the Wireless Pro. I tried re-running the registry hack and re-booting, but no luck. The REALLY great part was that you couldn't switch the damned things off at all. (Try stepping through VB code with no 'F8' or 'F5' keys! Possible, but frustrating after almost a decade using 'F8') I finally had to delete the scan codes entirely and am now back to remembering to hit the damn thing after I reboot. I have to completely agree that this keyboard is the best money can buy. I just switched from the (wired) Natural Mutimedia keyboard to my squeeky new Wireless Desktop Pro combo. Fantastic!

For the "Natural Multimedia" I was using Jason's solution for the f-lock, and thought it was fantastic. However this morning I noticed that it wasn't working for the Wireless Pro. I tried re-running the registry hack and re-booting, but no luck. The REALLY great part was that you couldn't switch the damned things off at all. (Try stepping through VB code with no 'F8' or 'F5' keys! Possible, but frustrating after almost a decade using 'F8') I finally had to delete the scan codes entirely and am now back to remembering to hit the damn thing after I reboot.

]]> By: Jason Tsang http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/01/12/really-bad-design-on-the-part-of-the-hardware-team-creating-the-f-lock-key/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Jason Tsang Sat, 07 Feb 2004 14:14:09 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/01/12/ReallyBadDesignOnThePartOfTheHardwareTeamCreatingTheFLockKey.aspx#comment-246 BTW: the F Lock key is a physical switch on the keyboard that can't be programatically controlled :( Whether MS will make it programatically controlable or not remains to be seen. I personally wouldn't count on it anytime soon. BTW: the F Lock key is a physical switch on the keyboard that can't be programatically controlled :(

Whether MS will make it programatically controlable or not remains to be seen. I personally wouldn't count on it anytime soon.

]]> By: Jason Tsang http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/01/12/really-bad-design-on-the-part-of-the-hardware-team-creating-the-f-lock-key/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Jason Tsang Sat, 07 Feb 2004 14:11:05 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/01/12/ReallyBadDesignOnThePartOfTheHardwareTeamCreatingTheFLockKey.aspx#comment-245 Nice to see my fix mentioned here ;) Nice to see my fix mentioned here ;)

]]> By: Corey Gouker http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/01/12/really-bad-design-on-the-part-of-the-hardware-team-creating-the-f-lock-key/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Corey Gouker Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:45:45 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/01/12/ReallyBadDesignOnThePartOfTheHardwareTeamCreatingTheFLockKey.aspx#comment-244 Hi Dave, While Jason's solution works great in Windows it doesn't actually solve the problem since it doesn't do anything until you get into Windows. My problem is that getting into the BIOS setup or boot menu is difficult because the F-Lock is off by default. Unfortunately it's not as simple as a registry fix. But thanks for adding the links to a Windows trick :-). Corey Hi Dave,

While Jason's solution works great in Windows it doesn't actually solve the problem since it doesn't do anything until you get into Windows. My problem is that getting into the BIOS setup or boot menu is difficult because the F-Lock is off by default. Unfortunately it's not as simple as a registry fix. But thanks for adding the links to a Windows trick :-) .

Corey

]]> By: Dave http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/01/12/really-bad-design-on-the-part-of-the-hardware-team-creating-the-f-lock-key/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Dave Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:17:32 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/01/12/ReallyBadDesignOnThePartOfTheHardwareTeamCreatingTheFLockKey.aspx#comment-243 One of the Shell MVPs came up with a solution: <a href="http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock.html</a> <a href="http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock-e.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock-e.html</a> One of the Shell MVPs came up with a solution:
http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock.html

http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock-e.html

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