My laptop has a glitch that didn't go away after I rebooted, it may be a keyboard problem. Any suggestions?
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I agree with you it might be a virus, at least is something related to software, cause if it is a hardware problem, it either work or completely no, but not erratic response to keys. Since you can't type to set a virus scan, all you can do is to take of the harddrive and connect it to a pc which have the latest antivirus protection and scan the attached drive with it to start with.
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Reset CMOS. Better still, remove and replace the CMOS battery.  If that does not work, then you need to have the motherboard tested to see if the back panel connectors are working properly.\n\nEdited- PN   she said she already checked the keyboard on another pc, besides if the CMOS battery dies, it can do so quickly so you would not be able to tell if time was kept properly.  This is from years of experience with PC repair, so before you answer, read the question.
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if u have already reinstalled the OS then we habe ruled out all software problems .. now what u got to do its if its a laptop and if it has a stick as well as a touch pad disable one at a time and check and if its a desktop u know what to do .. REPLACE IT :)
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take your laptop to the service center as this should not happend maybe the battries arnt proper or maybe theres a problem with the laptop itself
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Welcome to Windows!  :)\n\nThis sort of thing happens all the time with Windows.  If you know what you're doing you can usually work around it.  Otherwise, log out and then back in again, or just reboot.
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Eck, that has happened to me before with my space bar on my laptop. Got it back on but it still doesn't work right to this day.\n\nThe best thing to do, if you cannot get it back on, is see if its still under warrantee and get the keyboard replaced. If not, might be a little pricey (for a keyboard anyway), but you can order a replacement keyboard and have someone put it in. If your computer savvy enough to do it, then certainly do. You'll have to find some technical specs for that laptop to find out what paneling you need to pry off around the keyboard to pull the keyboard out, but its not to big a job to replace a laptop keyboard.
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What a really bad accident.  Try to hook up a USB or PS/2 keyboard and see if the keys respond to that.  You might need to go to a technician, but I don't even know if they can help.  In the worst case, you probably need to get any important data from the laptop's hard drive by removing it and hooking it up to a desktop.  Then reinstall everything from the BIOS on up.\n\nLesson to remember: always check how much battery power you have, or at least plug it into the wall if you're doing any installations or critical system tasks.
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Seems to be a glitsch in Windows XP.  I have the same.  It gets slightly better after going through a safe mode start (F8 while booting).
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he he, I think I'd be a good idea to talk to the seller who sold it to you about this problem. Our new computer's keyboard(HP) makes noise and I think its just the way it is. he he, hope its not too late to get you an exchange for a better one. good luck.
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Try this:  Go to "start" "programs""accessories"\n"accesibility" then "onscreen keyboard."  They may have a solution for you there.\n\nGood Luck
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I had this problem, and i resolved it by turning the laptop round and facing the other way. I have NO IDEA why it worked, but it did.
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if it commected by USB, unplug iot and then plug it back up, if it is ps2, then shut down computer, unplug it plug it back uo, and then restart. if it still does not work, probably a bad keyboard
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Does this happen outside of Internet Explorer?\n\nIn other words, test CTRL-F in other programs like Microsoft Word or Notepad.  Most importantly, we would also need to know if this has worked fine before in the past.\n\n\nIt would appear at this point that perhaps the keys on your keyboard aren't specified the way you think they are.  Laptops are notorious for this.  A lot of them have special function keys that can switch on options to cause certain keys to act differently.\n\n****  UPDATE  ****\n\nDid you try going to Edit -> Find from the menu at the top?  Does that option work correctly?\n\nBecause this doesn't happen in other apps such as Notepad, it's not an issue with your keyboard at least.  That's a good thing!
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MESS AROUND A LITTLE MORE .........just kidding.....\n\n  use System Restore to restore your computer settings to an earlier time. i hope it works
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Make sure that your keys are ok! If they work some times and dont other times go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ for free anti Virus/trojan/spyware/malware scan! And make sure that your keyboard layout settings are ok!
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Try holding "FN" and keys from F6 to F8 - It will lighten or darken the screen, keys may be different pending on the notebook.
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only mouse freezes r the whole system???\njust check whether the keyboard works.\nif the whole system hangs thn u cant do anything except restarting thru the power r restart buttons.\nctrl+alt+del wont work here if it hangs...\n\nit may be virus problem. just check it our\nif its not thn it wil be surely the driver problem\n\nif only mouse hangs thn the connection may be loose or ur mouse might be dead...