Keyboard problem

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Hi,

I have a Sony Vaio laptop (with Vista OS). All of a sudden some keys stopped
working on my keyboard (keys 1,s...).

Any solutions?

/Conny
 
Hi Rick,

Thanks Rick for answering my question!

Rebooting doesn't help. If there was a problem with only one key, I would
have suspected a hardware failure in the keyboard. But it seems strange to me
that several keys stops working at the same time if it is a hardware problem.
But of course, I don't exactly know how a keyboard is designed (although I do
work with hardware design).

Someone at work told me it might be a driver problem. Any other sugestions
if it is not hardware failure. I really don't want to send my computer back
to Sony.

Regards,

/Conny
 
Hi,

Groups of keys use shared pathways, so it would not be surprising to find
that the problem is a hardware failure. If it were a driver problem, you'd
find that nothing works, or that what works randomly changes. A driver is
nothing more than a bit of software that allows the OS to talk to the
hardware.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
Hi,

If groups of keys use shared pathways, it makes sense that several keys
fails at the same time. I guess the only solution is to return the computer
to Sony :-(

Regards,
/Conny
 
Conny said:
Hi,

If groups of keys use shared pathways, it makes sense that several keys
fails at the same time. I guess the only solution is to return the computer
to Sony :-(

Regards,
/Conny
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Hello, I too am experiencing keyboard issue's, similar to what your
discussing here already. When i am attempting to play a
game(neverwinternights,counter-strike source) during the game it will
periodically cut out completely allowing me to attempt to type a text message
but then all key put is halted allowing nothing to be typed but return
functions. another wierd effect is all upper case with go wonky and instead
of getting ? {} :" i get extendied ascii stuff like accented E's and
whatnot. I have noticed that i have a HID compliant driver in my control
panel but do not use a USB or wireless keyboard and cannot disable nor
uninstall this pesty lil bugger...any help on this would be most appreciated.

Dave.
 
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