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Please help! My keyboard is possessed by something!

16 years ago

I was hoping someone could help with this problem...

I have a laptop, (Intel Centrino Duo with window's vista) that I just set up. I am also using a wireless keyboard and mouse. My wireless keyboard is working fine, but the laptop keyboard has developed a mind of it's own. When I type the characters aren't what they should be.

For instance, this is the same paragraph typed above but on the laptop keyboard:

have a 3a*t6*, nte3 Centr5n6 D46 w5th w5nd6w's v5sta/ that 14st set 4*. a0 a3s6 4s5ng a w5re3ess 2eyb6ard and 064se. y w5re3ess 2eyb6ard 5s w6r25ng f5ne, b4t the 3a*t6* 2eyb6ard has deve36*ed a 05nd 6f 5t's 6wn. When ty*e the characters aren't what they sh643d be.

Has my keyboard been taken over by the devil? Or is there something I've done to produce alternate symbols? Some don't even type out (like the letter I). What's up???

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Comments (5)

grady
16 years ago
igloochicken, just a guess from an illiterate. Could it be that you have your numeric keypad engaged? Check your book on how to enable/disable the numeric key pad. Disable and try again, if enabled. Grady
randy_ca
16 years ago
Would it help to press the NumLock key.
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igloochic
Original Author
16 years ago
Grady you're a god! Thank so much for making my day so much less frustrating! (And I'll try to keep the baby away from the keyboard in the future).
grady
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igloochicken , glad it helped. Not very often I can even venture a guess. I got my laptop book out and looking at the vague picture it looked like the letters you should have been getting corresponded to those in the numeric key pad area. Grady
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