Posted by Neredbojias on 05/01/07 07:21

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:02:48 GMT Blinky the Shark scribed:

>> I used to have trouble with the "Window" key (or whatever it is) so
>> what I did is pry it off with a screwdriver. Worked like a champ!
>
> The block of keys above the inverted-tee arrow keys varies from keyboard
> to keyboard. Sometimes the block
>
> Insert Home PageUp
>
> Delete End PageDn
>
> forms the top two rows of a 3x3 key matrix there, and sometimes it forms
> the bottom two rows of such a matrix.
>
> I don't need the other three keys that appear in such a grid, and always
> remove them so I don't hit them when I mean to use the vertically
> adjacent keys of the above six-key set. :)
>
> (I replace keyboards every several months, preferring not to bother
> cleaning them when new ones are less than 10$US apiece.)

Yep, just about the same here. ('Course I don't have the trouble with salt
water corrosion.) You'd think they'd standardize the damn things, though I
s'pose anyone and everyone has a "better" idea.

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Neredbojias
He who laughs last sounds like an idiot.

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