How do you override the WINDOWS key?

Question

I'm writing or rather rewriting a game. I would like to override the windows key to do some function in the game without invoking the windows menu. Is this possible, and if so how?
Below is a sample bit of code I used to see what key codes, locations, and events were fired while pressing various keys. I made the key pressed/typed/released methods consume the events in an attempt to block the windows menu from coming up. I tried using a KeyEventDispatcher to catch all key events and consume them there, but it still displays the windows menu (on Windows 2000 at least).
I have searched the forums and the all mighty Google to no avail. Please help me if you can. Thank you.
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.KeyEventDispatcher;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.FocusManager;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class Test extends JFrame implements KeyListener, KeyEventDispatcher
  public Test()
    this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
      @Override
      public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent)
        System.exit(0); //close all windows and exit
    FocusManager.getCurrentManager().addKeyEventDispatcher(this);
    this.addKeyListener(this);
    this.pack();
  public static void main(String[] arguments)
    Test frame;
    frame = new Test();
    frame.setTitle("Test Frame");
    frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200,200));
    frame.invalidate();
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  // this doesn't stop windows key from being processed whether true or false
  // if it is true the keyPressed, keyTyped, and keyReleased don't get called
  public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent keyEvent)
    System.out.println("dispatchKeyEvent " + keyEvent);
    return true;
  public void keyPressed(KeyEvent keyEvent)
    System.out.println("keyPressed " + keyEvent);
    keyEvent.consume();
  public void keyReleased(KeyEvent keyEvent)
    System.out.println("keyReleased " + keyEvent);
    keyEvent.consume();
  public void keyTyped(KeyEvent keyEvent)
    System.out.println("keyTyped " + keyEvent);
    keyEvent.consume();
}

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply. That is basically all I wanted to confirm. I wanted to allow the player to redefine the windows key to some game specific command. I can do this for all of the other keys I was able to test except for that one.
If someone uses it on something other than windows they can redefine any key that maps to one of theirs. Since I don't have any alternate systems or keyboards to test on I won't bother making other keyboard configurations for the time being, if ever.