You can use PowerToys to remap the Scroll Lock key and then use it to launch any program on Windows 11/10. We show you how to do this.

Scroll Lock can be disabled by clicking the Scroll Lock key on your keyboard. Also, you may click the button on the on-screen keyboard, absent the choice on the physical keyboard.

Q. What does the Scroll Lock button on the keyboard do? I’ve looked everywhere in the Help sections and I can’t even find a mention of the button. A. Although it was useful in the old DOS days, the ...

The Copilot key on many new laptops is a great example of hype over help. And in 2025, how many of us still use Scroll Lock, type with Caps Lock on, or hit the Insert key to change into overwrite ...

Disable scroll lock Use the on-screen keyboard to disable scroll lock Enable Sticky keys Disable Excel Add-ins 1] Disable Scroll Lock You may not be able to use the up and down arrow keys due to ...

The scroll lock key, which doesn’t do much of anything in modern times except upset Excel spreadsheeting, is the toggle switch between the two outputs.

But I also notice that the scroll lock light toggles on each key depress. I have NO idea what is going on here.<BR><BR>Unfortunately, I use a keyboard on this system once every couple of months.

The mouse can be locked with a similar range of finesse, with individual buttons, the scroll wheel, and double clicking allowed or halted. Kid-Key-Lock is freeware, Windows only.