Re: Laptop that has keyboard/mouse problem.

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Yes, problem exists in safe mode too.

I think I may have identified whats going on.. I think one of the control or
alt keys may be stuck.. Do you think that would give the symptoms I have
described??

cheers.. :)

"db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." wrote:

have you checked
if the problem exists in
safemode as well?

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"Big Liam" <BigLiam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This has me well and truly stumped.

I have a friends Laptop he has asked me to fix for him. Sony Vaio
PCG-FX705
running XP home fully updated.

The symptoms are as follows:

After boot, the machine seems to be working normally until the mouse
is used
to select any function from the start menu. If I click 'start' and
hover on
'all programs', the 'all programs' list will appear very briefly and
then
disappear. Every time, rendering the all programs menu useless.

The mouse then exhibits eratic behaviour. If I try to click on Icons,
it is
as though the mouse buttons have been assigned functions other than
their
proper purpose.. For example, if i double click on the 'C: drive' icon
in 'my
computer' instead of opening the drive, it will bring up the C: drive
properties window.

When I right click on an icon to bring up the 'function menu' it will
just
flash as though it were there and disappear again extrememly quickly.

I have also noticed that the keyboard then starts to behave
erratically.
The keys no longer work with the exception of the vowel keys, but they
are
displayed thus:

á, é, í, ó, ú.

I have checked in the mouse properties to see if anyone has been
messing
with and accidentally changed the function of the buttons but they are
set to
default values. The Keyboard language and regional settings are
intact also
and correspond to the language of the machine.

Full virus and malware scans have revealed a clean computer.

I have tried to do a repair install of XP, but the install gets as far
as
the 'press enter' stage and because the keyboard stops working, halts
there..
interesting to note though that the F3 button (used to exit the setup
process) works fine and will reboot the machine.

The fact that the keybaord fails even when booting from the XP CD
indicated
to me that it may have been a hardware problem at first, but when I
use the
Acronis True Image Boot Disk, the keyboard works fine. The Acronis
Boot Disk
uses a basic Linux setup to operate

Has anyone out there ever experienced anything like this?? I
certainly have
not.

Any help/advice/sollution will be massively appreciated..

Thanks guys..

Liam :)


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