Insert This

[LunarMist]

I am sick and tired of the damned Insert key accidentally activating. Sometimes I overwrite half a paragraph before noticing. Other than physically destroying the keyboard, is there an easy way to completely disable that Insert key, e.g., in software or OS?

 

[sdbardwick]

Remap the key?

 

[Stereodude]

Sometimes I overwrite half a paragraph before noticing.

I look at the screen when I type, not my fingers. Maybe you should try that?

 

[LunarMist]

I'm not always constantly looking at one object. Sometimes I look at the TV set, or the four temperature monitors, pressure monitors, power status indicators, clocks, timers, etc.

 

[time]

It's the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.

 

[Howell]

Pop off the key and superglue the plunger.
Jamb the bones of small critter under the key so it won't depress.
Desolder the circuit board for that key.

I'm full of ideas.

 

[Howell]

If I was overwriting NAV coordinates I'd be peeved too.

 

[LunarMist]

It's the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.

:mrgrn: I wish!

The crazy part about the bridge was that no lavatory was attached. Back in the 1960s nobody went to the toilet.

 

[Mercutio]

:mrgrn: I wish!

The crazy part about the bridge was that no lavatory was attached. Back in the 1960s nobody went to the toilet.

Odd fact: In the Word of God canonically approved and published ship blueprints for the Enterprise D, there is one toilet for the whole crew complement.

 

[MaxBurn]

On some keyboards i have been known to remove the left windows key. I dont need to copy past and accidently touch the win key and bounce myself right out of the app. Almost all regular keyboards the keys just pull straight up and off and you can put it back later. Dont do it on a laptop though.

 

[ddrueding]

My keyboard (Logitech G15) has a switch that disables the left windows key.

 

[LunarMist]

Does it disable Insert?

 

[ddrueding]

No, just the left windows key. It is common during gaming to accidentally hit that key, as LCtrl, LAlt, and LShift are very commonly used.

Sorry for the slight derailment

 

[LunarMist]

What is the LCtrl; do you mean the left one or hold down L?

 

[ddrueding]

Left one. For many games they are treated separately.

 

[LunarMist]

Remap the key?

Great. That works on the home PCs. I wish I could do that with the work computer.