I don’t really know why they still make a caps lock button a vital button on the keyboard, when it probably gets used less than that squiggly line button.

If you want to disable the caps lock button you will need to to a registry edit so backup your registry;

  • Open regedit
  • Navigate to this location
    • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout
  • In the right hand blank section right click and select new > binary value
  • Call it Scancode Map
  • Right click Scancode Map and select modify
  • You now have to type these number in exact this order with no commas
    • 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 3a 00 00 00 00 00
  • It should now look like this;
Disable Caps Lock in Vista
  • Now click OK
  • Close regedit and reboot your computer

If you want to enable your caps lock again just go back into that location in your regedit and simply delete the Scancode Map binary value.