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Windows 8 problem

  • 15-09-2014 08:48AM
    #1
    Robroy36
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 224 ✭✭


    I am using Windows 8 and I find it ok but every other day for apparently no reason my keyboard changes to a mode where a lot of the buttons become shortcuts, for instance if I try to type R the "run" tab comes up.

    Currently my only solution is to shutdown/ restart the computer.

    Is there any other way to turn off this feature?


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  • #2
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,029 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Sounds like StickyKeys. Can be turned off in Accessibility, under the Windows Control Panel.

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  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,164 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    could also be a sticking windows key - press it a few times to see if that stops it happening


  • #4
    Robroy36
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 224 ✭✭Robroy36


    Neither of them worked, happened again this evening. I press R and run menu comes up etc Really annoying. Cannot find anything online about it.


  • #5
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,725 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    try an alternative keyboard


  • #6
    Robroy36
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 224 ✭✭Robroy36


    Overheal wrote: »
    try an alternative keyboard

    Yes, the odd time I use a wireless USB and a monitor with the laptop and it never happens.

    I am using a Windows 7 interface program on Windows 8, it must be a bug it that. I can live with this minor bug but could not face Windows 8's interface day to day. Whoever is ultimately responsible for launching this OS should be shot.


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  • #7
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    How old is the keyboard in question? I had a similar experience with some very weird behavior from an old Dell keyboard I had in the press a while back.


  • #8
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,725 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    no always age either, the left click on my laptop sticks and it pisses me the **** off. Except the laptop was free and I got it 18 months ago. Mostly I'm pissed it happened and the MSRP was a grand


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