"jwporter86" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:9dc4cd3acebf2d46f3bc76726056e285@nntp-gateway.com...[color=blue]
>
> My keyboard will start malfunctioning intermittently.
>
> When I type "asdf" the results are
> "[]asdfghjkl;’`\zxcvbnm,./-+\1234567890-=qwertyuiop\" when typed over
> and over. Notice that this is the middle row then the lower row and
> then the number row and then the qwerty row.
>
> This happens in Office 2003 programs when it occurs as well as other
> programs.
>
> It was causing too many problems so I had to restart and now it is not
> happening.
>
> Anyone have any ideas. Running VHP with all updates.[/color]

I've had this happen twice. In both cases I had to do a full shutdown (to
power off) to clear it. First time, about a year back, was with a PS/2
keyboard, so I couldn't really swap it while running. Second time, back
about July, it was a USB keyboard and I could swap it with another I had
handy. The initial keyboard was a non-name, the replacement was a Microsoft
wired one. The problem continued after the swap. Restarting didn't fix it
in my case. I had to power down and come up again. That would say
"hardware," but what hardware? Could have been the keyboard controller for
the PS/2 case, but for the two different USB keyboards?

- Bill