One of the very few things that bug me about my Thinkpad X40 are the seemingly helpful dedicated “Page Back” and “Page Foward” keys that sit along with the normal 4-way arrow keys. The problem is that it’s way too easy to hit “Back” when I’m in the middle of writing something in a web-based input form, sending me into a panic, fearing that I’ve lost an hour’s worth of writing. (The fact that this is possible at all is a seperate issue, but that’s not IBM’s fault). It just happened again, and so I went looking for a way to disable those keys. Sure enough, after a little poking around, I found the Thinkpad Keyboard Customizer Utility, which not only permits you to turn those keys off, but also provides a way to create a virtual “Windows” key, which is missing from the X40 keyboard. This is nice because I have a few _AutoHotKey_ macros that use the Win key to launch programs (Win-C for calculator, etc).
Just one of those little tiny things that make a difference to some of us.
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