Forum Home
Press F1
Thread ID: 71963	2006-08-23 16:28:00	how to fix a broken 's' key	Amato (11034)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
480297	2006-08-23 16:28:00	the 's' key does not work for me. whenever I need to use the letter 's', i have it copied and I just paste it. I have tried replacing keyboards, only to be rendered with the same problem. sometimes the 's' key works, and other times it doesn't. like 5 mins ago, it was working fine, and then all of a sudden, it stops working. when it didn't work the first time, I replaced keyboards, and it still didn't work. all of the other keys work. it works on and off, but mostly off. Any suggestions? IMO, I think my computer is at fault here. I'm still running Windows 98.	Amato (11034)
480298	2006-08-23 21:49:00	Does it work correctly if you boot into safe mode?	gibler (49)
480299	2006-08-24 01:18:00	Welcome to PressF1. If changing keyboards doesn't fix it, there's some software at work. :D Try booting to DOS (or even just run a DOS window) and see if it works reliably, especially at a time when the key's not working in Windows. That would put the blame on Windows. There's a way to redefine keys (even to do nothing) in DOS (... it's unlikely, but make sure there isn't a call to ANSI.SYS in your C:\CONFIG.SYS file) and there's certainly a way to do it in W98. Someone will know what it is. ;)	Graham L (2)
1