Re: Keyboard Malfunction

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From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 10/20/04


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:55:09 +1000


"DRoads" <DRoads@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2BD1A677-1E22-4E55-99B9-7A03049A2D64@microsoft.com...
> After hitting the Shift+P keys the keyboard starts to malfunction. Keys
that
> you press do not work and the shift key also does not work.
>
> I've deleted the keyboard device driver and rebooted to let it reinstall.
> This works until the Shift+P keys are hit again and I repeat this vicious
> cycle.
>
> This is a laptop with Win2K
>

Reboot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com,
then repeat your test. If the problem persists then your keyboard is
faulty. If the problem disappears then you have a Win2000 problem.



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