Recording keystrokes in windows without third-party software

Is there a way to record a sequence of keystrokes and then assign it to a simpler keyboard shortcut (or even a single key) in windows 2000?

such as " Left Down Ctrl-R"

I know windows used to have a ‘record’ application which recorded mouse movements and keystokes but this doesn’t seem to have survived into modern versions of windows.

So you want to make a maco then with no software other that what the OS provides?

See Keyboard Macros with Windows Scripting Host.

Basically, you create a VBscript script and then assign a shortcut key to it using Windows’s built-in shortcut key functionality (you can give any item in your start menu a shortcut key).

I know XP has Windows Scripting Host built-in, so I’m hoping 2K does too.