Given the past behaviour ("stuck delete key") I'd guess the keyboard is
damaged.

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"barrowhill" <barrowhill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F6AEE3A-52D2-4D00-95B2-15735F21D56E@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hope someone can help.
>
> In possession of MEDION Laptop running Vista Home Premium belonging to a
> friend which went "haywire" Apparantly Delete Key won't work. I was
> advised
> on startup it was "deleting everything" - ask if you want to delete but
> couldn't say no. They restored to 2 weeks previously and said alright for
> 20
> mins then started again.
>
> They use AOL and when this opened when you click anything asks you do you
> want to delete then just does it..
>
> Now I use cable and open in IE7, I find both backspace and delete keys
> not
> working i.e type into search or address bar and nither key functions to
> make
> corrections. Ditto in Office or Works applications.
>
> I'm not receiving any onscreen messages re deleting !(!) Ran virus scan OK
> ran Spybot and detected RegistryFix among others. Deleted these, reran and
> appears clean.
>
> Is there a hardware problem with Keyboard or has there been a subtle key
> re-assigment[/color]