Programming F keys?

[Nerval]

I've got a wonderful Logitech keyboard and mouse with programmable F and other keys.
So I can bring up IDNetters with a single key press, close a window by pressing another etc.  Not rocket science, but useful to me.

However, the software for it takes up 30MB, which to me seems a little on the excessive side - like 29.5MB excessive - so I was wondering if anyone on here uses a generic small utility to allow simple programming of F keys and mouse buttons that I could use instead.

Google shows acres of them, but one recommendation is worth 100 Googles. 

[DorsetBoy]

Err.........why not use XP?

Go to Help Centre ,type in  SHORTCUT KEYS............and you get this:


To specify shortcut keys for specific programs
Before beginning this procedure, please refer to the documentation that came with the program to verify a shortcut was installed.

Open My Computer.
Locate the program file (.exe) or the program's shortcut icon. Right-click the program file or shortcut, and then click Properties.
Click the Program tab for an MS-DOS program or the Shortcut tab for a Windows program.
With the cursor in the Shortcut key box, select the keyboard key you want to use in combination with CTRL+ALT. Shortcut keys automatically start with CTRL+ALT. The Shortcut key box will display None until you select the key and then the box will display Ctrl+Alt+the key you selected. You cannot use the ESC, ENTER, TAB, SPACEBAR, PRINT SCREEN, SHIFT, or BACKSPACE keys.
Notes

To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
Once you assign a shortcut key combination for a specific program, you will not be able to use that key combination with other programs. For a list of shortcut keys used by this version of Windows, click Related Topics.
If you forget the key combination for your shortcut, you can follow steps 2 through 3 and review your shortcut keys.
Using shortcut keys to open programs can often be simpler than opening programs using a pointing device, especially when working on portable computers.
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[Nerval]

Err....doesn't do what I was wanting as far as I can see.

I want to bring up FF with say IDNetters by pressing  a single key, FF with BBC News by pressing another single key, run utorrent by pressing another, open My Documents with another   etc.

And the mouse has two side buttons which I have programmed to serve as Back and Delete.

The Logitech software does this but 30GB is a lot for the bit of it I want to use.

[Rik]

You could bring up FF with one chosen homepage, but I don't think you could get the variation you want.

You may, otoh, find something to suit your needs here:

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/free-xp-macros.html