I recently switched laptops at work and I just could NOT get used to the annoying fact that my delete button has shifted so far away that its became noticeably difficult to use.

Rather than try to adapt (or sprain my hand), I am using Sharpkeys, which is an excellent piece of freeware which allows you to remap your keyboard so your keyboard *ahem* “works the way it’s supposed to”.

Want an extra ‘Alt’ or ‘Shift’ key? Just remap another key to it. You can also choose to turn off some keys on your keyboard altogether (like capslock), if you they get in the way.

One thing I like about it is that it’s not a program which sits in the background. Instead, Sharpkeys has no system footprint as it writes all the changes you want directly to the registry itself.

Don’t settle – Take control of your keyboard!