Re: *** Keyboard Input Problems after upgrading from XP Home to Pr

Hi, after a weekend of testing, I found that the Windows XP SP2 install most
likely caused my problems (I hope). XP SP2 seemed to 'remove' or alter one
or more of my chipset drivers (NVIDIA 3 series). So after installing SP2,
run the driver install again...



"T. Waters" wrote:

> I'm not much of an expert, but I recently encountered this same annoyance
> when I accidentally leaned on my Shift key and invoked Filter Keys.
> My Filter and Sticky keys were turned off, but the Shortcut was not!
> Go into Accessibility Options and for both Filter and Sticky keys, do the
> following:
> Click the Settings button.
> Uncheck "Use shortcut."
> OK - Apply - OK
>
> NEEDhelpFROManEXPERT wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > After upgrading from XP Home to XP Pro, I started to get problems with
> > inputting chars using my keyboard. SP2 was installed and
> > re-installed (using the 'developer' version of SP2 install image)
> >
> > The problem doesn't affect the all keys: e.g., '4' on the keybd (not
> > numpad) displays '$', and '6' will display '^' (i.e., as if I was
> > holding down SHIFT). Periodically, a dialog also box pops up:
> > mentioning about FilterKeys, thinking I'm messing with the SHIFT key.
> > I have gone into 'Accessibility Options' to see - FilterKeys was not
> > even turned on
> >
> > The keyboard that I used is brand new, and, I have swapped it with a
> > couple of other keyboards functioning fine on other XP Home machines.
> > These other keyboards also give me the same problem with char input.
> > I'm pretty sure that it is not a matter of cleaning crap out of the
> > keys.
> >
> > Another related problem (ie, started to happen after Home to Pro
> > upgrade) is that when using the mouse in Windows Explorer, if I click
> > i the 'container pane' (or wahtever its called - the pane beside the
> > folder pane) I select one file but it highlights ALL files above and
> > including the one I selected (just like I multi selected)
> >
> > I know of others, like me, in IT/software dev who have this problem
> > but none so far have a solution...
> >
> > ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Ken
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