A quick note, do not use the Twitter client Tweetdeck and the web UI testing tool Selenium server at the same time on Windows XP, or you will get the error:

“This page requires a secure connection which includes server authentication.”

“The Certificate Issuer for this site is untrusted or unknown. Do you wish to proceed?”

One of the huge pain points transitioning between Windows and OS X is the muscle memory. Cut and paste is different on OS X, the iTunes track keys are different, undo is different, you get the idea.

I tried remapping the key binding in OS X to match Windows, but some applications (like Firefox, see bug 316459 and xcode) did not play nice.

So remapping the OS X keys in Windows was the next best thing, partly because the Windows Key doesn’t get used by many apps.

There are many hot key / macro apps out there but AutohotKey seems to work really well for me.

AutohotKey is an Open Source task tray app that has some pretty comprehensive macro calls. It even allows me to remap the keys on my Apple Aluminum keyboard, such as Print Screen.

My Autohotkeys script is behind the cut.

UPDATE: Script got mangled, please see this page instead.

I was looking for something that would give me hotkeys to control iTunes on Windows XP at work.

When I step away from my desk I like to pause my music when I lock it. Also, I dislike having to navigate to iTunes to change the song or adjust the iTunes volume.

I found AutoHotKey which has a scripting language, active forum and licensed under GPL.

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