That worked perfectly. I did have to install a new keyboard first because (as you said) that was the only way to get the Advanced Key Setting option to appear, but once I did, I was able to get rid of the shortcut with the click of a mouse. Thanks Yeoz.
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New question. This one isn't so much a problem as a request for a recommendation.
See, I used to use Audacity to record streaming audio bits I wanted to save as mp3s. Great program, intuitive & easy to use. Problem is that Windows 7 seems to have discouraged the old "Stereo Mix" option at the hardware/driver level due to the usual IP-protection nonsense. There really isn't anything I can do with Audacity it seems (short of buying physical hardware), so I fished around for recommendations this morning. After a little search, Freecorder seemed to be the name that came up most often so I gave it a try.
I wound up disliking Freecorder for several reasons. First off, it's a browser toolbar (I despise toolbar add-ons). Second, in spite of a careful installation it changed my settings anyway with random spammy nonsense like swapping my homepage to Bing* and adding other things like Conduit Engine I specifically told it not to install. All of which are sure signs of assfuckery and computer herpes.
More importantly, there's very little control over the audio. In Audacity the start and stop were independent of the sound source and of course you can cut or add sections (in addition to more advanced sound editing). Freecrapper seems to just ape the start and stop of the source. So, looking for another program. Any recommendations?
*It also changed new tabs to Bing, even though there's no way to change the setting for new tabs in Firefox without an add-on, which I wasn't using - new tabs should always be blank. I didn't have any way of reverting it back to blank tabs except through the remove button on those new tabs, so I still don't know what Freecorder actually CHANGED. RAAAAGE.
In general Win 7 is aggravating me and generally making me feel incredibly stupid on a regular basis. I've never really been the greatest for computer maintenance, but when I was running XP, I could generally find more than enough info through Google to sort out any problems I had on my own. With Windows 7, not only have I repeatedly failed to find solutions to seemingly simple problems, but now I'm downloading questionable software and generally acting like the worst kind of tech-support-nightmare retard.
To use a car analogy, I feel like I went from being able to change my own oil and do my own simple-to-moderate repairs by carefully following a good shop manual, to not being able to change a tire or even figure out how to open the gas tank.
