Keyboard Notifier

Although a regular keyboard is fitted with well over a hundred different button, most of them with secondary functions, some are missing some basic elements such as display of a lock key status. This can lead to frustrating accidents while typing or navigating, but you can use Keyboard Notifier to bypass this technical inconvenience.

One of the main advantages is that there’s no setup involved to take any of your time or effort, which makes the application portable. System registry entries are not modified during runtime, so you can rest assured that the health status of the target PC remains intact. However, you do need to check whether or not .NET Framework is installed.

The application goes directly to the tray area without any notifications to let you know it’s there. The corresponding icon is pretty intuitive, and you immediately figure out how it functions, with instant feedback when pressing caps, num, or scroll lock on your keyboard. There are also character indicators apart from the LED representations.

Interacting with the tray icon makes it possible to bring up the settings panel. Here, you gain full control over the color configuration for every visual element of the tray indicator. This includes both states of a lock key, as well as icon color, and grid color.

However, you do need to pay extra attention to the tray area if you’re really interested of the status of a key because there’s no built-in on-screen display function to help out. What’s more, you might want to add a shortcut to the system Startup folder so it’s ready every time you reach the desktop.

Bottom line is that most computer inconveniences can be solved through the right set of software components, and Keyboard Notifier is solid proof. Although there’s not OSD display for better visualization, keeping an eye on the tray area provides real time feedback of the status change for caps, num, and scroll lock buttons.