Are you still struggling with hitting CAPS-LOCK, when you were really trying to use the Shift-Button ? mAKING the text look all WEird ?

No, no, don’t bring out your hammer or get violent with your keyboard… That will only make things worse.

Back in the even older days when Typewriters ruled the office, you released the Caps-Lock button by pressing down the Shift-Button, thus it was never activated longer than needed.

This registry tweak will allow you to do just that. If you press Caps-Lock by mistake, then the Shift-button will shut it off for you. This should reduce the chances of you typing whole sentences or paragraphs SHOUTING at the reader.

NOTE!
This tip is for Windows XP users, but you might get it to work in newer versions of Windows as well

This involves editing the registry, but that shouldn’t be a problem for you, now would it If you’re new to editing the registry, start here.

1. Open the Registry Editor (regedit)
2. Locate  the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Keyboard Layout
3. In the Right pane add a new DWORD Value, name it: Attributes
4. Double-Click the DWORD value you just made and enter: 00010000
5. Click OK
6. Exit RegEdit and Reboot your Computer

NOTE!
You might experience that you cannot turn off Caps-Lock with Caps-Lock anymore, only one of the Shift-Buttons.

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