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Apple Keyboard on XP

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kerpow

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Jan 16, 2004
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This has probably been asked loads of times but from the suggestions made in other threads or other forums I still can't get it to work.

I've installed Apple K Pro and something from Randyrants.com. Both were rubbish, making unnessarily difficult ways around it.

I have to use a PC at work but have a Mac as well which I find easier to use for certain tasks and now have them both connected to USB KVM Switch.

Obviously I need Print Screen working so I can paste a screen shot into Outlook/Work/MSPaint.

How difficult can it be?
 
You would be better off using a nice Windows keyboard with both...since it has the extra buttons, but isn't lacking any.
 
I've got a similar setup, with a usb Apple keyboard. I tried to sort out the @ and " confusion with a couple of little windows apps I downloaded, but gave up as neither seemed to do what I wanted (which was simply to re-map the problem keys) - they caused more confusion than they solved. So now if I'm emailing from Windows I just do a 'mental' remap. Other keys such as Alt/opt ctrl/cmd and so on are also easy to get your head round.
The PrintScrn facility was different though. I downloaded a PrintScreen app from www.gadwin.com and assigned F14 to it - it works well, and will open up Photoshop (or whatever you like) so you can edit and then save the screenshot.
And I keep the Apple keyboard, which feels so much nicer than the (admittedly very cheap) pc keyboard I have.
 
Yup same here. I used to have a filthy Compaq keyboard and an Apple keyboard with a broken "L" key, both of which were very annoying.

That Print Screen utility works very well. Thanks
 
dubbz said:
It does... but there's some difference in what keys they have. Print Screen vs F14 is one of them.
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Oh thanks.

I was worried, because my friend was going to get USB version of Apple KB for his PC
 
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