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PolarBearM

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    Keyboard screwed up on a XP SP3 OS
    « on: January 02, 2010, 09:55:06 PM »
    Has anyone had a problem with the keys on the right side only changing to different letters and numbers that don’t match what you type??  For instants the letters on the left of the keyboard QWERTYASDFGHZXCVBN123456 work fine but on the right side is all screwed up. U goes back space then up, I does nothing, O step forward one and stops, P -, J steps down one and stops, L nothing, ; +, M nothing, . nothing, 7 nothing, 8 goes up, 9 nothing, 0 *.
    Note if you press the Function key on the laptop while pressing the keys on the right side you get the right keys back.

    I have gone back in system restore and has worked in the past.  It seems to be more of a conflict with windows automatic updates and not a virus as it has happened on my desktop or laptop with different virus scans in place, and has not come up as any virus. The next time you start up from a windows update this happens and corrupts the keyboard and of coarse you can’t log in.
    Any fix come to mind??? would an reinstall of the keyboard drivers be a fix?

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    Re: Keyboard screwed up on a XP SP3 OS
    « Reply #1 on: January 03, 2010, 01:34:16 AM »
    Sounds like you have number lock turned on, Try Fn+F11 (may be something besides F11, look for the key with a picture that looks like a calculator)


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    Re: Keyboard screwed up on a XP SP3 OS
    « Reply #2 on: January 03, 2010, 06:49:29 AM »
    this is in the wrong topic

    PolarBearM

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      Re: Keyboard screwed up on a XP SP3 OS
      « Reply #3 on: January 04, 2010, 03:51:32 PM »
      Sounds like you have number lock turned on, Try Fn+F11 (may be something besides F11, look for the key with a picture that looks like a calculator)

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       ;DThanks, You where right!!! Pressed Fn and F8 and all ok now!   ::)