Keys Reserved by Windows

Certain keys and key combinations are reserved by Windows or are translated by the keyboard driver. These keys are unavailable for remapping. Below is a chart of the keys and key combinations that cannot be mapped. These keys are grayed-out or they display a Microsoft Windows icon.

The marked columns, in combination with the PC key listed, cannot be mapped.

Table 109 Windows Reserved Keys

PC Key

Normal

SHIFT

CTRL

ALT

SHIFT+CTRL

SHIFT+ALT

CTRL+ALT

SHIFT+CTRL+ALT

TAB

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

SPACE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESCAPE

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

PRNT SCRN 101

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

PRNT SCRN 84

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

SCRL LOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

PAUSE

 

 

 

 

X

 

X

X

NUM LOCK

 

 

X

 

X

 

X

X