[X4U] Making a Wintel box pretend to be a Mac...?

[Stroller]

On Jul 13, 2004, at 2:04 am, Ryan Duff wrote:

> Found on annoyances.org
> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/1018043899
>
> [quote]
>
> The following works in XP, should work in win2k as well:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout];
> "Scancode
> Map"=hex: 
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,1D,00,38,00,38,00,1D,00,1D,E0,3
> 8,E0,38,E0,1D,E0,00,00,00,00
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Copy this to a text file and save it as "swapkeys.reg".
> Doubleclick to open it and confirm that you want to
> insert the contents in your registry.
> Reboot, and your Ctrl and Alt keys will be swapped.
>
> The idea is to create a "Scancode Map" key in
> "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout".
> This should contain a series of hex codes on which keys to exchange

Before you try this, it might be worth making a .reg file capable of  
returning your keyboard layout to the way it is as standard. If you  
open `regedit` (type that in the Start > Run box) and navigate the tree  
to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout  
you should be able to right-click & choose "Export". This creates a new  
.reg file with the current values.

Stroller.