Trash Talk - Need Major Help Anonymous - Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject: Need Major Help
aight for some unknown reason, when i press shift on my keyboard, it displays some random letters instead of doing what its supposed to do. there have been other times when my winamp would open up when i press 'shift', can anyone help me please/
Contempt+ - Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject:
Make sure you have the correct drivers for your keyboard. Also check the Keyboard settings in the Control Panel
Purge - Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject:
Since when did keyboards have drivers?
Bak - Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject:
1970's or so?
Purge - Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:26 pm Post subject:
I just plug mine in and I'm good.
Bak - Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject:
Windows comes with default drivers, if you have a special keyboard (like one with weird www buttons) you might have to install the driver manually
SamHughes - Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:
Shift+ctrl can change the keyboard layout if that setting is enabled (and multiple keyboard layouts are listed in the settings). Sometimes I'd accidentally press it and switch back to the Qwerty layout. Maybe this is happening to you?
This gets set in Regional and Language settings, or Language and Regional settings, or whatever they're called.
Anonymous - Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:04 am Post subject:
still doesn't work. im currently using the 'logitech' multi-tools keyboard, with buttons on the keyboards such as email, messender, webcam, my home, volue control, and etc...
it's funny because i have tried uninstalling the keyboard [itouch program] several times, and re-installing it without any success. i have also discovered that my 'numlock' doesn't work either.
lemme know if you have any idea on how to resolve this problem of mine.
Contempt+ - Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:28 am Post subject:
See, the newer keyboards have drivers.
CypherJF - Fri Jun 24, 2005 4:40 am Post subject:
My keyboard is futzed up within eclipse. Just now I was programming and whenever I did a } it did the c with the funky extension ontop, whever I did a \ it did a funky a (not alpha but like the c). weird. nothign else was effected by it. :/
Cerium - Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:17 am Post subject:
Stop drinking over your keyboard.
Problem solved =(
CypherJF - Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:26 am Post subject:
No drinking :/.
Anonymous - Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:22 am Post subject:
yeah i recalled accidentally spilling some water on the keyboard prior to this incident, are there any thing i can do except for purchase a new keyboard/
SamHughes - Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:43 am Post subject:
How much time and effort are you willing to spend on this problem? If you have any job, your time is money, and you'd be better off just buying a new keyboard. They aren't exactly expensive. One is listed at this site for $3.99. With shipping it's less than $10. That one is probably squishy crap, though.
Cerium - Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:08 pm Post subject:
Chances are its just some liquid causing a short. pull out a screw driver and a paper towel, crack the keyboard open, dry any water spots you see, put it back together.
Its happened to me on several occasions, because part of me never learned how to drink from a cup.
CypherJF - Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:
spill proof keyboards - awesome. Dr Brain - Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject:
Just pop the keys all off and soak the thing in the bath for a few hours. Give it a day to dry, put the keys back on and you'll be golden.
Cyan~Fire - Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:34 am Post subject:
Or just saw it in half and try typing with it in two pieces. I think that'll work as well as Brain's.
Muskrat - Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:55 am Post subject:
Haven't you ever taken a computer maintenance class Cyan? Slipping that sticky keyboard into the dishwasher is perfectly safe. I usually take mine into the backyard and hose it off every couple months, just make sure its completely dry before you plug it back in.
Dr Brain - Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:20 am Post subject:
Yah, soaking KBs is the best way to clean them. You can't do it with laptop keyboards, but that's all.
And yes, make sure it's dry, like muskrat said.
It's perfectly safe, as long as you don't do something stupid like leave it plugged into the computer.
Cerium - Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:44 am Post subject:
Well, some keyboards that wouldnt work to well with...Mine in particular. The 3 plastic sheets/'circut board things' hold any moisture like a ...container that would contain moisture indefinately... which also breaks a large number of my keys.
...bah... cant think of any good similies today.
Contempt+ - Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject:
What about all the circutry inside the keyboard? Wouldn't watering it down short it?
Dr Brain - Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:33 pm Post subject:
If there is electricity flowing through it, yes. Hopefully you're not stupid enough to put the KB under water while plugged in.
Cyan~Fire - Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:43 pm Post subject:
I knew it wouldn't harm it electronically, but I figured the material they use for the actual key button might get damaged by the water. I guess I was wrong. Smong - Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:03 pm Post subject:
I think dishwashing might damage a keyboard because of the temperatures involved. Also what about bits of debris getting stuck across electrical connections when it's drying out?
Contempt+ - Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject:
Where would the bits of debris come from?
Dr Brain - Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject:
I don't know of many people who would have electrically conductive crumbs get into their keyboard. And even if I did, the soaking is supposed to remove them.
Slipping that sticky keyboard into the dishwasher is perfectly safe. I usually take mine into the backyard and hose it off every couple months, just make sure its completely dry before you plug it back in.