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04-20-2008
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| | my keyboard! what the heck is wrong? my latop keyboard has suddenly decided that it won't do what its told (if you're wondering, i'm using the onscreen one.) instead of typing qwertyuiop asdfghjkl zxcvbnm as it is meant to, it types qwerty456*asdfgh123zxcvbn0. its not like numbrs have been swapped for the letters, either. the 5 is still a 5, the 0 a 0 - except now, the m key also types 0. what can i do? my dad's gonna kill me! can ANYONE help? |
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04-20-2008
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| | Re: my keyboard! what the heck is wrong? "katiakitty" <katiakitty@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:075A50FC-A207-4BC5-89E3-D2500A51E1F5@xxxxxx Quote: > my latop keyboard has suddenly decided that it won't do what its told (if > you're wondering, i'm using the onscreen one.) instead of typing > qwertyuiop > asdfghjkl zxcvbnm as it is meant to, it types qwerty456*asdfgh123zxcvbn0. > its > not like numbrs have been swapped for the letters, either. the 5 is still > a > 5, the 0 a 0 - except now, the m key also types 0. > > what can i do? my dad's gonna kill me! can ANYONE help? Try knocking the NUMLOCK off.. -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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04-20-2008
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| | Re: my keyboard! what the heck is wrong? Hit either Shift + Numlock (hold down the Shift key, then hit the Numlock key) or Fn + Numlock (hold down the Fn key, then hit the Numlock key) according to which laptop model and make you own one should do the trick. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@xxxxxx * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ "katiakitty" <katiakitty@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:075A50FC-A207-4BC5-89E3-D2500A51E1F5@xxxxxx Quote: > my latop keyboard has suddenly decided that it won't do what its told (if > you're wondering, i'm using the onscreen one.) instead of typing > qwertyuiop > asdfghjkl zxcvbnm as it is meant to, it types qwerty456*asdfgh123zxcvbn0. > its > not like numbrs have been swapped for the letters, either. the 5 is still > a > 5, the 0 a 0 - except now, the m key also types 0. > > what can i do? my dad's gonna kill me! can ANYONE help? |
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