setting up a new Windows machine

remap keys using PowerToys

PowerToy's Keyboard Manager [install]

• Swap caps lock ⇔ escape (for Vim)
• volume:
  • map + to "Volume up" (this is confusing, but this one is the numpad-add key; = is the key that's near the Backspace key that can be combined with Shift to produce a plus character)
  • map - (Subtract) to "Volume down"
  • map * to "Volume mute"