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Re: [LUG] Laptop puzzle
I've had this but with Control. As if the OS thinks the keyboard is set on. I fixed it by tapping all the soft modifier keys, to hopefully reset them.
Ctrl, alt, shift, super, alt gr...
On Mar 29, 2010 11:13am, NW <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have used desktop computers for many years. Just recently, for the
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> first time, I acquired a laptop, Compaq Presario V5030EA. Getting used
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> to it a bit now.
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> Yesterday I suddenly found that I could not enter any numbers, instead I
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> was getting the other characters on the keys. EG, instead of 12345 I was
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> getting !"£$% as though I had the shift key held down.
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> I looked around the keyboard but could not see anything obvious that I
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> might have pressed in error. There is a Caps Lock key, of course, but
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> nothing like a Shift Lock. In the end I had to close down and restart
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> the computer. Then all was well.
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> Can anyone suggest what I might have done I have never come across
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> anything like this before. And I don't want to cause it again.
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> Thanks for any help
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> Neil
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