Here we have some Freeware utilities that will display the status of the Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock Keys as well as locking or changing (remapping) them.
Display the Status of Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock
Caps Lock v3.00
I’m going to use the ANNOYING CLICHE OF OOPS I’VE LEFT THE CAPS KEY ON AT THIS POINT AND APPEAR TO BE SHOUTING – but whilst I was doing this I had an audible beep going off with every key press and at the top of the screen was a red caption showing Caps Lock: On.
For this I am using Caps Lock v3.00 by George Jopling.
To turn the sound alert for caps lock and num lock on or off these are the options:
This window indicating Caps Lock Key Status can be placed anywhere on the screen and remains above other windows.
TrayStatus
TrayStatus will display the current state of your computers Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock as well as displaying your hard drives current read / write activity. All of these are displayed in the system tray:
From left to right above we have Caps, Scroll, HD status (goes green and red with read write activity) and Num Lock Status.
It’s a tiny program that can help prevent incorrect inputs from the keyboard and is also freeware. This program requires the .Net framework 2.0 to run.
Keys
An alternative here which didn’t work too well for me but maybe fine for your OS is Keys by ClipperSolutions. It simply displays the status of the Caps Lock, Num Lock and Insert keys.
Change your Keyboard Keys Functions
Caps Lock Changer
To change the function of only your Caps Lock Key then Caps Lock Changer is your man, or program even. It can change it to a function key or a number of other keys and even disable it completely.
Caps Lock Changer v1.00 by Filebird
Alternates:
SharpKeys 3.00 “make certain keys on a keyboard act like other keys”
Make Caps Lock, NumLock, ScrollLock Always On or Off
NumLocker
NumLocker sounds like it will lock the Numlock key only but it also can lock the caps key and ScrollLock keys. It can be started with windows and is accessed from the system tray. It has an intuitive right click menu that allows turning the keys on or off or locking them.
NumLocker Website via EliteFreeware
CapShift by Skrommel
CapShift extends the functionality of the Caps Key by showing a menu that can “change the selected text to lowercase, UPPERCASE, TitleCase, iNVERTEDcASE, RaNDoMCaSE or to Replace user defined characters.” It’s a small freeware program that can be set to start with windows.
Skrommel also has a clever Showoff Utility that shows EVERY key press and mouse press as they are pressed.
To set the status of just the Numlock key at logon there is a nice page that has a couple of programs /scripts on Somacon.com.
Beep or Play a Sound If Caps / Other Keys are Toggled
Windows has a built in feature to “hear a tone when you press CAPS LOCK, NUM LOCK, SCROLL LOCK” called Toggle Keys, it can be found by following the path: Control Panel\ Ease of Access \Ease of Access Center \Make the keyboard easier to use.
To assign your own sounds to these events and also the Insert / Overtype Key CLiSoft have made Lockdown.
Alternate Software for the Mac:
Capswarn will warn if you have caps selected. I can’t test this as I have no access to a Mac but it looks pretty cool. Shareware - $6 however.
Phew…I hope you found what you were looking for or found something useful here, please let me know in the comments….
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