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If the mail button of your keyboard opens the wrong (or two or more) mail clients

Because of this problem with my keyboard’s mail button, I uninstalled Outlook — yet the problem remained, only that now instead of Thunderbird and Outlook the mail button opens Thunderbird along with the mail client of Opera! I don’t know why this button should open mail programs in pairs and not all of them, but […]

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Connecting two wireless keyboards on a Windows PC

Using first the Microsoft Natural Keyboard, then the Wireless Entertainment 7000, I was excited with the idea of getting a wireless made of bamboo – just to touch those wooden keys. The keyboard came, it works as expected, the feeling of the keys is great — soft and natural. I love this keyboard, it’s the […]

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Accessories

Let your keyboard sound like a typewriter, with HQ sounds

I like sometimes to hear typewriter sounds with my keyboard. To enjoy even occasionally a noisier typing, you can have some program register a sound scheme to your keyboard. It is not the same to listen to keyboard sounds from speakers instead of the keyboard itself, but it can be pleasant. Check also this post […]

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Let your Pause key launch any program, with Personal HotKey

You might never use the “pause” key, but this little tool will give it a new life, by assigning to it a favorite program you can launch. Personal HotKey starts with Windows and configures the “pause” key of your keyboard to let it run a favorite program. You can select any program and start it […]

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Monitor the state of Caps, Num and Scroll locks, with Keyboard Leds

Keyboard Leds is a small, free and effective program that will let you have Caps, Num and Scroll lock LED indicators in the system tray and on your screen. It is useful if your keyboard lacks those indicators. Keyboard Leds allows you to see the current state of keyboard locks on a small icon in […]

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System tools

Change globally the functions of keyboard keys, with MapKeyboard

MapKeyboard is a free program that will let you remap your keyboard. You can use it to alter any key on your keyboard to function as a different one or altogether disable it. The changes made are universal across all applications & games. MapKeyboard does not need to be actively loaded in memory, in order […]

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Transform a phone to a keyboard, touchpad or mouse, with MouseServer

MouseServer lets you control your PC or play a game using your smartphone as a keyboard, mouse or touchpad. The program is free, light and safe. To achieve this you need to have two apps, one installed in your PC and another one in your phone. MouseServer provides a password and displays the IP address […]

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