Disable Winkey on keyboard

By Wayne Maples / March 16, 2004

To disable WinKey functionality that comes with most modern keyboards save the
following text in a REGINI script and run the script from the Windows NT command
prompt. Restart the computer to make the changes take effect.

     [REGINI SCRIPT STARTS HERE:]
     ;

     ; This mapping is used to turn both Windows keys off

     ;

     \Registry\Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout

         Scancode Map = REG_BINARY 24    \

             0x00000000 0x00000000 3     \

             0xE05B0000 0xE05C0000       \

             0x0
     ; Here is an explanation of all the values:

     ;

     ; 24         Size of the scancode map including header, in bytes

     ; 0x00000000 Header : Version

     ; 0x00000000        : Flags

     ; 3                 : Number of entries (includes null terminator)

     ; 0xE05B0000 left Windows -> nul (0xE0 0x5b -> 0x00)

     ; 0xE05C0000 right Windows -> nul (0xE0 0x5c -> 0x00)

     ; 0x00000000 null terminator
     [REGINI SCRIPT ENDS HERE]