I would like to delete the function of the caps lock key so it never works again.

oN MY DESKTOP <-- there is goes.... On my desktop, I actually disassembled the keyboard and cut out the little contact beneath the key.  It was very satisfying and frankly I think I made the world a better place that day.

Short of cutting up my new laptop; how can I make it so the caps lock key does nothing?  And no, the Google solutions like editing the regedit files do not work.  There seem to be no such files on the Alienware version of Win8.  There is no [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] type file. Much to my crushing sadness.

As weird as it sounds, I am a writer and use this piece of art and beauty to write, a lot.  Not only to write, but ALSO to write. :-)

Thanks for any help,

-David