Ctrl-Alt-CapsLock key remapping not honored

I have the Ctrl-Alt-CapsLock keys remapped on my Win XP system (using
MS PowerToys), but Illustrator (14.0) insists on using the original
positions of these keys. Anybody know how can I make Illustrator use
the remapped positions with the built-in shortcuts, for example, when I press the
key labelled CTRL, I want it to produce the ALT functionality (as it does in every other
program I ever installed).

As a bi-platform user of Adobe software, I know exactly why you'd want to interchange the positions of the left Alt and Ctrl keys.
Unfortunately, when you use post-driver software (that works by intercepting keyboard interrupts), you put yourself at the mercy of "rogue" programmers -- such as those apparently hired by the Adobe Illustrator engineering department -- who have their own peculiar ideas about how things like this should work.
My solution might sound radical (and it's not cheap), but it works: Buy a keyboard that enables remapping at the firmware level. An example would be the Avant keyboards -- the descendants of the Northgate OmniKey series -- that not only give you key remapping but also some rudimentary macro programming capabilities. They even come with extra keycaps and a keycap removal tool so that you can, for example, keep the labeling correct on your remapped Ctrl and Alt keys. They use Alps mechanical rather than membrane-type key switches, which is great for someone like me (who does a fair amount of writing and loved the original IBM keyboards)... but I do understand that is a matter of personal preference.
As an added bonus, your key remaps and macros travel with the keyboard. Plug it into another computer, and all of your customizations are right there, ready to go.
I'm sorry I don't have an easier answer for you.

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