August 24, 2025

Diamond cursor in WindowsNew!!

This is a memo of the geeky tasks to perform first after purchasing a Windows 11 PC. It covers swapping Ctrl and CapsLock and setting the diamond cursor. Swapping Ctrl and Caps Lock Open the Registry Editor with regedit, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE → SYSTEM → CurrentControlSet → Control → Keyboard Layout, and create a new entry named Scancode Map by selecting Edit → New → Binary Value. Enter the following data: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 1d 00 3a 00 3a 00 1d 00 00 00 00 00 The initial zeros on the left can be ignored. When entered, spaces are automatically inserted […]