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My PS2 keyboard stopped working for my Windows XP system, in that typing a
key had no effect unless I held the key down for a long time. At first I
thought my keyboard was bad, so I tried a new one. It didn't work either,
and I could not toggle on the Cap Lock light, the Scroll Lock light, or the
Num Lock light.
I tried rebooting several times (both warm and cold starts), but that didn't
help. Then I took a peek into my BIOS pages, and nothing appeared to be
wrong there either.
I then assumed that the motherboard PS2 keyboard port was defective, so I
installed a USB keyboard. Still no help. Finally I did a search in Google
for keyboard problems, and found what I think was a solution to the
problem - FILTER KEYS.
The Google search page told me that by holding down the keyboard Num Lock
key for several seconds, a drop down menu appears. So I did that and then
clicked the "Settings" button in that menu. A second menu appeared. In this
menu was a FilterKeys option. It was checked. After unchecking this option
and clicking OK, the keyboard worked fine and all of the Lock lights
worked..
I removed the USB keyboard, re-installed my original PS2 keyboard, and it
worked fine too.
I've never had a need to adjust any of the keyboard settings (for one thing,
I'm a slow typist). Apparently my grandson, who uses this computer the most,
thought he needed to use the Filter Keys.
Anybody else have this experience? What good is the FilterKeys option?
key had no effect unless I held the key down for a long time. At first I
thought my keyboard was bad, so I tried a new one. It didn't work either,
and I could not toggle on the Cap Lock light, the Scroll Lock light, or the
Num Lock light.
I tried rebooting several times (both warm and cold starts), but that didn't
help. Then I took a peek into my BIOS pages, and nothing appeared to be
wrong there either.
I then assumed that the motherboard PS2 keyboard port was defective, so I
installed a USB keyboard. Still no help. Finally I did a search in Google
for keyboard problems, and found what I think was a solution to the
problem - FILTER KEYS.
The Google search page told me that by holding down the keyboard Num Lock
key for several seconds, a drop down menu appears. So I did that and then
clicked the "Settings" button in that menu. A second menu appeared. In this
menu was a FilterKeys option. It was checked. After unchecking this option
and clicking OK, the keyboard worked fine and all of the Lock lights
worked..
I removed the USB keyboard, re-installed my original PS2 keyboard, and it
worked fine too.
I've never had a need to adjust any of the keyboard settings (for one thing,
I'm a slow typist). Apparently my grandson, who uses this computer the most,
thought he needed to use the Filter Keys.
Anybody else have this experience? What good is the FilterKeys option?