Problem With My Keyboard

RenegadeRenegade Old school Join Date: 2002-03-29 Member: 361Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Help?</div> Since the Microsoft website didn't seem to help any, I was hoping somebody here could help me. It seems every time I hit certain keys, namely 1,5,7, 8,`,r,y and i, numbers or other letters are inserted infront of them. This is how it looks:

`1
5r
7y
8i

Can anybody here help me?
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  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    Wow thats a weird one. Have you checked out
    your Keyboard's properties in the "Control Panel"?

    Check for odditites there and check out your "Device Manager" too
    for oddness there.
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  • RenegadeRenegade Old school Join Date: 2002-03-29 Member: 361Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-DY357LX+Aug 24 2004, 05:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DY357LX @ Aug 24 2004, 05:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Wow thats a weird one. Have you checked out
    your Keyboard's properties in the "Control Panel"?

    Check for odditites there and check out your "Device Manager" too
    for oddness there. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Where would I find Device Manager?
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  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    Control Panel -> System -> Hardware tab -> Device Manager
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  • ThE_HeRoThE_HeRo Join Date: 2003-01-25 Member: 12723Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Renegade+Aug 24 2004, 08:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Renegade @ Aug 24 2004, 08:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DY357LX+Aug 24 2004, 05:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DY357LX @ Aug 24 2004, 05:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Wow thats a weird one. Have you checked out
    your Keyboard's properties in the "Control Panel"?

    Check for odditites there and check out your "Device Manager" too
    for oddness there. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Where would I find Device Manager? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh dear.

    Go to control panel, system, click on Hardware tab, look for the "Device Manager" button. Look for keyboard under that.
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  • RenegadeRenegade Old school Join Date: 2002-03-29 Member: 361Members
    It says "Device is working properly", even though it isn't:`1 5r 7y 8i

    Bleh.
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  • usernameusername Join Date: 2004-06-22 Member: 29473Members
    sounds like a hardware problem... or fat fingers!
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  • Dorian_GrayDorian_Gray Join Date: 2004-02-15 Member: 26581Members, Constellation
    1: Are you using a keyboard that has multiple functions for each key (like a laptop that has a "Function" button to make part of the keyboard into a numpad)? I have a laptop that has that, and the function key always registers as down, so half the keyboard makes wierd punctuation and stuff.

    2: Is your keyboard layout correct? Foreign keyboard layouts can make keys act really funny, even if said foreign country has the same language (British and American/Canadian layouts are slightly different for example)
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    That actually sounds like a short circuit. Did you spill anything on the keyboard recently? If you haven't, try cleaning out any crumbs or anything from between the keys and giving it a good cleaning.
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  • ZelZel Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12861Members
    yup, the fact that they are all hitting keys next to the intended keys mean there is a physical problem with the keyboard, be it short circuit or simply the wires being pressed together with age.

    you can take it apart and poke arond with it (the only exposed electronics are under the part with the numlock light and the caps lock light) to see if the problem goes away, or else a standard new kb is 11$
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    Try replacing the keyboard with one you KNOW it works, if that solves the problem, you need another keyboard <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->.
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