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The 'Alternate' (Alt) key of my friend's notebook keyboard got stuck. So, when he presses A, the computer accepts it as Alt + A. The immediate solution that I can think, is to disable the key.

I find that it's not hard to disable a key. Here's how to do it:

1. Download MapKeyboard from download.com (27KB only)
2. Uncompress it, then open the MapKeyboard.exe (not installation is required)
3. A virtual key board will show up.
4. Click on the key that you want to disable. For my case, I click on RAlt to disable right Alt key.
5. Then at "Remap selected key to:", select "Disabled".
6. Finally, click "Save layout" and reboot the PC

If you failed to start the program, you will need to install Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0.

I think this can be useful, especially for some gamers who would like to disable the Windows key for you-know-what reason.

Besides disabling a certain key, the program can map keys as well.

Hope you find it useful too.

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Anurag Bhandari says:

Nice find. 🙂
It would definitely help many others like your friend.
By the way, I think it’s safe to recommend your visitors to download Microsoft .NET framework 3, instead of version 2.

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EngLee says:

Since the program stated that it requires .NET Framework version 2, I’ll just obey to it!

Anyway, I agree with you. I’m quite sure it would work on Version 3 as well.

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nick says:

i spilt drink on my keys and one has become permently activated, The end button. so i cant do anything without it automaticly going to the bottem of the page 😀

thanks for this ive disabled it now and works fine, like i needed that dam key anyway.

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kris says:

Ive spilt drink on my laptop and none of them work apart from a few
i think after it gets hot one of my keys just permanently stays on in different patterns (which is Z)
so when I’m trying to type anything lots of z’s come out its annoying as hell!
ill give it a go and see what happens

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Ramesh Parajuli says:

When I am open it, I fond error message related with initialization… so I need urgent help…

And my main porpose to use this software is to disable alt, ctrl, shift and windows key … so can you have any suggesion for me … if yes plz write me mail…

thanks you…

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Roy Simmonds says:

Thanks for this. On the other hand, is there a way to substitute the press of a key on the keyboard by a signal input on the PC (like an input from a coin validator)?