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uniKode for Thai is an onscreen virtual Thai keyboard that works directly with most XP software including Word and MSN Messenger.

FirstCap is a small and very handy program that reliably warns keyboard users if they accidentally activate the Caps Lock or Num Lock key. In such a case, the user is alerted by a sound signal. The program contains a sophisticated key press intercept engine and is able to help users with many useful features. It can disable Caps Lock/Num Lock or Insert keyboard functions, turn off Caps Lock status as a consequence of various keystroke combinations and customize the status of the Caps Lock and Num Lock in connection with specific programs.

Qliner Hotkeys builds on the concept of Windows shortcut keys but takes this concept to a whole new level. Do you think key combinations are hard to remember? Just hold the Windows key for three seconds and up pops a keyboard with icons on the keys that are configured. This you can you use, not only to remind you of hotkey combinations, but also for drag and drop configuration. It also features intelligent application launching and switching, add-ins like audio volume control and a clock.

HotKeyz is a keyboard utility with hotkey/shortcut control for executing files, folders, Start/Run commands, opening your mail, browsing to a website and logging in and much more. It also features default hotkeys for minimizing, maximizing, restoring or closing the active window. The shortcuts work with the WIN, CTRL, ALT, SHIFT modifier keys and with most of the other keyboard keys. You can even enable or disable unwanted hotkeys without deleting them from the hotkey list. You can also categorise all your hotkeys, print preview and then print all your hotkeys to have a quick-reference hard copy.

Numpad Mouse lets you control your mouse using your keyboard number pad. Features include - Mouse wrap, 11 mouse markers, 4 mouse movement directions, Move mouse automatically accomplished with optional left click, right click, or double click. User defined speed, Mouse click and drag, Optional sound effects, Programs launcher, Display mouse co-ordinates, Display RGB hex code under mouse cursor.

Customize your keyboard, joystick, and mouse with an open source scripting language that is backward compatible with AutoIt v2. It includes a quick-start tutorial, an automatic script writer (macro recorder) that records your keystrokes and mouse clicks, and a comprehensive help file. The program can remap keys and buttons, and make virtually any key, joystick button, or mouse button into a hotkey (shortcut key). Hotkeys can also be defined as a combination of any two keys or mouse buttons. This program is OpenSource and being actively developed, some of the advanced features, such as mouse button hotkeys and substitutes for Alt-Tab, are not yet available on Win9x.

Java based InputMethodEngine (ime) using *.kmap-files. Enables the user to type any language/character independent of the keyboard layout.

JDN Hotkeys is a freeware hotkey manager for Windows. It includes a set of demos that show you some wonderful ways you can use hotkeys. If you are new to hotkeys, the demos make it easy for you to take one step at a time, if you have experience with hotkeys, the demos will give you "hands on" experience with advanced techniques including "chained hotkeys", "snap backs", "nested hotkeys", "assignable hotkeys", "looping hotkeys" and "data hotkeys".

KeyTweak is a simple utility that allows users of Windows 2000 or XP to remap their keyboard inputs. Features include - Enable/Disable keys - Remap keys - Reset all remappings with one click - Warns user if key remapping may lead to dangerous configuration - Specialty keys are supported (Mute, CD Player, etc.)

Home Typist adds typewriter sounds to your computer keyboard. The program is useful for home typists, at every touch of the keyboard there is the new sound, which makes the process of typing more interesting, amuses and reduces stress and helps to produce rhythmic typing.

This is a case conversion utility for all who (like the author) are not touch typists, and who frequently are able to type a whole line of text without looking at the screen, before realising that Caps Lock is in the wrong mode! With this utility, you simply copy the entire block of wrongly-cased text to the clipboard, then click once on the case conversion icon in the system tray, then paste back into your application.

Keyboard shortcuts can sometimes be faster and more convenient than a mouse. Keyboarding is an informational tool that lists 2,900 keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Access 97 & 2000, Excel 97 & 2000, Outlook 97 & 2000, Word 97 & 2000 and Internet Explorer 4 & 5. Also lists 60 DOS commands and their switches.

Do you miss the days of typewriters, when you heard a distinctive sound each time you pressed one of the keys? Those days are back when you use Noisy Keyboard. This free system tray-based utility lets you hear three different types of sounds as you hunt and peck your way through another computing session: one that plays when you hit the Spacebar, another that's heard when you touch the Enter key, and a third that's played when any other key is pressed. The setup program installs the sound events in the Windows Control Panel/Sounds module, which means it's easy to modify the sounds that are placed. Take advantage of the three crisp-sounding .wavs provided, or use your own. Need a quiet keyboard for a moment? Just click on the program's system tray icon to instantly mute the sound. .

You never surf the Internet at work? Right. Like, who isn't surfing the want-ads while scrunched inside their cubicle, trying to find a job that offers...a slightly larger cubicle? Perhaps you're just playing a game of Tetris, or bending paper clips into the shape of small animals. Choose your excuse; Boss! makes sure you never have to explain sticky situations to your supervisors. This mischievous gizmo lets you hide all open windows and then reopen them when the coast is clear.

RemoteKeys can automate complex control systems, but also simple jobs like inserting text passages into Word and EMails, filling out (internet-) forms with recurring phrases etc. To do this simply click onto one of the 2,500 buttons, which can be freely assigned and labeled. The macros can also be released by using the keyboard if prefered. For those wishing to make full use of RemoteKeys, there are over 350 commands available, e.g. inserting the actual date into a text; opening program groups and ordering them on screen; automize Excel calculations and more. The buttons may be assigned with the help of the integrated macro recorder and an integrated timer can activate these buttons. Additional features include an image memory and a clipboard history function. RemoteKeys is always at hand in the systemtray, can be individually configured (button-, form-, fontsizes and -colours), is network-able and requires no installation. (Engl./Ger. with manual).

A fun little program which has 5 features to give your Windows experience a little kick. Peep Hole Feature. This feature allows you to punch or cut holes through practically any window in Windows! Ever have the problem where you need to access a desktop either to click an icon, drag and drop it to the current application, or just perform some action? Pop-up Menu Feature. This feature allows you to display the main menu (must be a standard menu), of virtually any Windows application, as a pop-up menu. Right Click Scroll Feature. This feature allows you to scroll windows, that have a scroll bar, with right mouse button rather than dealing with clicking the scroll bar directly. More.....

ShortKeys is a macro utility allowing you to setup replacement text or paragraphs for any given number of user defined keystrokes. ShortKeys monitors the keyboard activity on a global nature and anytime a user defined keystroke combination is typed in, it will be replaced with the replacement text.