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It is very rare (if not impossible) for italian words to start with a wowel that requires an accent (unless you consider sentences, and yet in that case 99% of the times it will be an È as in È possibile?), so maybe that is the reason of this design choice.

It is very rare for italian words to start with a wowel that requires an accent in regular text documents (unless you consider sentences, and yet in that case 99% of the times it will be an È as in È possibile?), so maybe that is the reason of this design choice.

You can use the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to remap (map, in this case) the combination SHIFT-é to get È, for example, or SHIFT-ALT-è to get É. Italian tutorial here.

You can use the freely available Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to remap (map, in this case) the combination SHIFT-é to get È, for example, or SHIFT-ALT-è to get É. Italian tutorial here.

5 lettere: MSKLC!

If you have Windows XP or lower, then it is time to upgrade as it requires at least windows Vista.

Update: Due to having to reinstall windows myself from time to time I feel it is better to put my own keyboard file here. Just copy & paste the following block of text in an empty file and name it "italian.klc". You can now open it with the MSKLC.

It is very rare (if not impossible) for italian words to start with a wowel that requires an accent (unless you consider sentences, and yet in that case 99% of the times it will be an È as in È possibile?), so maybe that is the reason of this design choice.

Or maybe to make CAPS LOCK look funny: ASDèàùUP. Who knows...

Anyways most people never need this because they incorrectly use E' (letter E followed by an apostrophe). Even newspapers do this.

But we can fix this in 5 lettere: MSKLC!

If you have Windows XP or lower, then it is time to upgrade as this requires at least windows Vista.

Update: Due to having to re-install Windows myself from time to time I feel it is better to put my own keyboard file here. Just copy & paste the following block of text in an empty file and name it "italian.klc". You can now open it with the MSKLC. Feel free to update this answer with your improvements.