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Thread ID: 103794 2009-10-06 20:10:00 Weird keyboard behaviour :) smurf (6545) Press F1
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817547 2009-10-06 20:10:00 Not being a touch typist I generally type with two or three fingers which sometimes don't always hit the right keys lol. For sometime now there have been occurrences when I hit a key (and I don't know which one it is (although certainly not the intended one) and it starts of producing letters other than what the key is labelled irrespective of what key is subsequently hit. eg I end up getting a string of gobblegook akin to this sort of shambles - shmhlahla9en :) or whatever.

The only way I have found to rectify the problem is to close down the application I am using and restart it. Has anyone come across this and found any other way to correct the problem (revert to the actual key typed) without shutting down the application and losing work? :thanks
smurf (6545)
817548 2009-10-06 22:49:00 Do you have another keyboard to test with?

Try booting up in safe mode and typing in something, see if it still happens..

Is it only some applications or all of them?
Blam (54)
817549 2009-10-06 23:33:00 On a laptop, it helps to disable Num Lock. ;) pcuser42 (130)
817550 2009-10-07 01:22:00 Hi Blam.....it happens with all programmmes if I hit the wrong key whatever that is:)

pcuserwinvista...thanks for that The Num Lock is always off :)
smurf (6545)
817551 2009-10-07 01:37:00 Does this happen on all programmes?

For example, Word has certain keyboard combinations that generate a hell of alot of text.
the_bogan (9949)
817552 2009-10-07 03:46:00 Yep.it does:) smurf (6545)
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