This little script disables Windows 7 hotkeys if you have no local admin rights and registry editor (regedit) is also disabled. Simply save it as hkey.vbs and execute.
Option Explicit 'Declare variables Dim WSHShell, rr, MyBox, val, ttl Dim jobfunc, itemtype On Error Resume Next Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") val = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\DisabledHotkeys" itemtype = "REG_EXPAND_SZ" ttl = "Result" jobfunc = "Value: " 'write the registry key value. WSHShell.RegWrite val, "1234567890", itemtype rr = WSHShell.RegRead(val) MyBox = MsgBox(jobfunc & rr, 4096, ttl)
This example disabled WIN+0 – WIN+9 keys. To disable other keys simply modify second RegWrite parameter.
For more technical info on windows hotkey codes see http://www.geoffchappell.com/notes/windows/shell/explorer/globalhotkeys.htm