XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp   
   From: retired@home.com   
      
   PeterC wrote:   
   > On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:37:49 -0500, jigo wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'm running Windows XP sp3. I haven't been able to find a good keyboard   
   >> booster despite months of trying. All the ones I come across are really   
   >> intended for other purposes. Does anyone know a good (preferably free)   
   >> keyboard booster for XP, i.e., a program in which you can define a   
   >> short abbreviation to type a long word anywhere--like the autotext   
   >> function in Microsoft Word?   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for any help.   
   >   
   > I use Superkeys so, e.g., typing #at will drop in my name, address and   
   > telephone number below a sig. separator.   
      
   I can't find a program named Superkeys anywhere on the Softpedia site.   
   I'm not sure what you mean by blocking the .exe and other components   
   with my firewall. The firewall blocks programs, not specific files, in   
   my browser unless you make that program an exception.   
      
   > Be aware that many AV programmes etc. will find that a .dll of Superkeys to   
   > be malware as it's effectively a keyboard logger, but if you want a utility   
   > that monitors the keyboard...!   
   > The .dll in question has been used for malicious purposes, but this can   
   > happen with anything, not only software.   
   > I'd suggest that, if you're interested, you get SK from a reputable site (I   
   > use Softpedia) and block the .exe and other components with your firewall so   
   > that they can't get out.   
   >   
      
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