
Before purchasing a new keyboard, please check is your brand name computer, keyboard or notebook under warranty. If another keyboard is working properly on your machine, you will need to purchase a new keyboard. If you are using a notebook, please plug USB keyboard on your notebook and check is working properly. Before purchasing new keyboard you should test your computer keyboard on another machine or plug another keyboard to your current computer or notebook. If cleaning your keyboard did not solve your problem, we are recommending you to replace your keyboard with the new one. Based on that, we are recommending you to clean your keyboard.

Sometimes, dust can block some of your keys, including Windows key. If your keyboard is dirty and if there is dust between your keys, you should clean your keyboard. Also, if you want to disable Windows key, you will need to download and run registry key from this LINK. After that, you will need to download and run registry file from this LINK. How to do registry backup? Please read instructions on this LINK, and follow the procedure of on the method 4, from step 1 to step 7. For this method, you will need to use a user account with Administrator privilege, because Standard user account is not allowed to do any system changes. Why do you need to do registry backup? In the case of some misconfiguration, you can revert registry database to the previous state when everything worked without any problems. Before you do any registry configuration, we are recommending you to backup registry database. If combination keys are not working well, you will need to enable Windows key through Registry Editor.

If you can not find Win Lock key, please read the technical documentation of your gaming keyboard. Few users solved their problem by pressing Win Lock key on their gaming keyboard, including keyboard model Logitech G15. If yes, you should press this key to enable or disable Windows key. If you are using gaming keyboard, please check is there Win Lock key located on your keyboard. Method 2: Press Win LockĪre you using gaming keyboard? If not, you should read next method. Also, try pressing “Fn + Windows” key which can sometimes get it working again. This procedure is compatible with computers and notebooks, regardless which brand are you using.

Please, press Fn + F6 to activate or deactivate Windows key. In the first method, we will use combination keys to activate or deactivate Windows key.

Method 1: Press Fn + F6 or Fn + Windows Keys If you are one of the users who want to disable Windows key when playing games, you will be able to do it after reading this article. I hope you are using minimum Windows 7 because previous operating systems are not anymore supported by Microsoft. These methods are compatible with operating systems from Windows XP to Windows 10. We will show you how to solve the issue by using 5 different methods.
