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strange keyboard problem

  • 17-09-2005 8:32pm
    #1
    dbnavan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,610 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I have been working on trying to fix a laptop for the last 3 hours and cant figure it out, windows acts like the ctrl key is pressed all the time so eg:Press S and the save dialog box comes up, scanned for viruses it had 3 but cleaned them, not the keyboard because rebooting fixes it for a while(you get about of 3-4 minutes of work done, I have taken the key off to make sure its not a physical problem. I have seen this on many discussion boards same problem but nobody has yet posted the solution.

    would be grateful for any ideas, might be something very simple.

    Oh and I have checked accessibility options all turned off.

    D


Comments

  • #2
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    If you hold the ctrl key down, does it act as though ctrl is on or off.

    Try a live OS, say knoppix or ubuntu live, and see if it's Windows or hardware


  • #3
    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    sounds like a "sticky keys" problem with the laptop. Sticky keys are like ALT keys that switch the keys around on a laptop to get more than one use of each key!


  • #4
    dbnavan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,610 ✭✭✭dbnavan


    Rollo Tamasi wrote:
    sounds like a "sticky keys" problem with the laptop. Sticky keys are like ALT keys that switch the keys around on a laptop to get more than one use of each key!

    sticky keys are turned off as are all accessibilty options


  • #5
    Iceman_5000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭Iceman_5000


    dbnavan wrote:
    sticky keys are turned off as are all accessibilty options

    Hey i think i had the same problem as this before on a Dell laptop. Look for the Num LK button with Scroll Lk written below it in a different colour purple in mines. By pressing this button this should fix it, hopefully


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