How to disable caps lock in Windows

I find that the caps lock key is useless for me and it only hinders typing when accidentally pressed. It can be disabled on Windows by adding a registry entry.

• Save the text below as a disable_caps_lock.reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00

This creates a new registry entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout

• Double-click the file to add this registry entry and its value. It will ask for Administrator permissions.

• Restart Windows. Your caps lock key should be disabled now.

• To enable the caps lock back, open the Registry Editor, delete the above entry and restart Windows.

Tried with: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit