RE: ...greatest keyboard(s)...

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 First, thank you for the suggestion.

 It does not appear to work for me. I suppose one presses the Ctrl key
 and the esc key simultaneously, and then the additional key that the
 programme recommends? Am I right? When I press the Ctrl key and the
 esc esc key, the Windows "Start" menu opens.

 M. W. Poirier

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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Paul Ambos wrote:

> Ctrl-Esc is supposed to cover the "windows key" function, or at least it
> used to when the "windows" keyboards first came out.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul Ambos
> pambos@xxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx [mailto:xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of M.W. Poirier
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:55 AM
> To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: ...greatest keyboard(s)...
>
>
>
>  Speaking of the IBM Model M, I have such a keyboard. I recently retired
>  it because of its lack of a Windows key. Is there a way of remapping the
>  right Alt key on the Model M so as to convert it to a Win key? Or am I
>  just completely off the mark with this question? Of course, I don't
>  claim to know much about computers.
>
>  M.W. Poirier