Disable the caps lock key on my MacBook Pro?

[Hippo Man]

I'm one of the many people who considers the caps lock key not only to be totally useless, but also, it gets in the way (by the way, this is not a condemnation of Macs, which I like ... I don't want the caps lock under any computer running any OS). Is there a way to completely disable that key on my MacBook Pro running OS X?

If total disablement is impossible, I'll settle for remapping caps lock to be an extra ctrl key or something.

I'm looking for a software solution.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Hippo Man]

Never mind: I figured it out right after posting:

Go to the Keyboard & Mouse Preferences
Select Modifier Keys
Change Caps Lock Key to No Action​

 

[fryke]

Nice. I never even _clicked_ that button in Keyboard & Mouse Preferences. ... I guess this would already be enough to make a Windows USB keyboard work fine on a Mac, then?