Program Description
If you, like my good friend birdman, are looking for a way to override the default Windows hotkeys or remap your keyboard then I have found just what you need to do this.
HotKeyz, created by Skynergy, is a surprisingly (small and) powerful program. Not only does it allow you to disable the default Windows hotkeys (requires a restart) but it lets you remap your keyboard too.
Believe it or not, that’s not all this application does but in order to fully grasp what it is capable of, I suggest you download the application and try it out for yourself. It could triple your productivity on your computer.
HotKeyz does add an icon to your system tray, but thankfully, it can be disabled in its options (and you can show the list with a definable hot key too since it would be really odd if a hot key program doesn’t let you define its own hot keys 
).
License Type
HotKeyz is a completely free application!
System Requirements
I’ll quote the System Requirements from HotKeyz’s manual:
HotKeyz only needs 8MB RAM and 1MB SPACE.
But I have not tested it on Windows Vista yet.
Installation
- Download HotKeyz.
- Run the setup program you downloaded and follow the on screen instructions
Uninstallation
- Use Add or Remove Programs to uninstall it just like any other application.
Download: HotKeyz.
Info: Check out HotKeyz’s website.
Info: Check out HotKeyz’s manual.
Note:
You can also disable the Windows key shortcuts by making a regedit (but ONLY if you are comfortable using regedit, notice I don’t give detailed instructions as to how to do this):
- Run regedit.
- Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
- Create a new DWORD called “NoWinKeys” (if it doesn’t exist already)
- Set its value to 1 to disable the Windows key shortcuts or 0 to enable them
This disables most of the Windows key shortcuts except Windows key+L and Windows key+U.
