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the keyboard's fine it's your fingers that have gone wrong
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1. Carefully remove kitten from keyboard and place it in the static-proof bag provided
2. Vacuum yakked-up hairball from between keys
3. Replace kitten
2. Vacuum yakked-up hairball from between keys
3. Replace kitten
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Checked the country settings? Perhaps you've just started to use some odd foreign keyboard (Control Panel>Country Settings, if my memory serves me well)
Meanwhile, anyone got a clue where |, square brackets and a slash the other way round than this one (/) are to be found when they're not present on the keyboard
Meanwhile, anyone got a clue where |, square brackets and a slash the other way round than this one (/) are to be found when they're not present on the keyboard
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Hold down the left side ALT key and type the three digit number on the keypad.Obviousman wrote:Meanwhile, anyone got a clue where |, square brackets and a slash the other way round than this one (/) are to be found when they're not present on the keyboard
Let go of ALT and hey presto - one character as needed !
[ ALT+091
] ALT+093
\ ALT+092
│ALT+179
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Obviousman is using a Belgian "Azerty" keyboard, just to be awkward! I've sent him a PM with some links to instructions for those particular keyboards.Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:Hold down the left side ALT key and type the three digit number on the keypad.Obviousman wrote:Meanwhile, anyone got a clue where |, square brackets and a slash the other way round than this one (/) are to be found when they're not present on the keyboard
Let go of ALT and hey presto - one character as needed !
[ ALT+091
] ALT+093
\ ALT+092
│ALT+179
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That's the windows method, but it won't go with a MacCarpathian Psychonaut wrote:Hold down the left side ALT key and type the three digit number on the keypad.Obviousman wrote:Meanwhile, anyone got a clue where |, square brackets and a slash the other way round than this one (/) are to be found when they're not present on the keyboard
Let go of ALT and hey presto - one character as needed !
[ ALT+091
] ALT+093
\ ALT+092
│ALT+179
Paul's just pointed me out how to though, they've just all hid them behind shift-optn combinations on the keyboard
Shift+optn+x for ⁄
shift+optn+( for [ (replace with ) for ] and L for |)
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Cool - that's Z's problem sorted, now let's turn to Claire's:
Claire - first, make sure you've got the long edge of the keyboard facing you, not the short edge.
Claire - first, make sure you've got the long edge of the keyboard facing you, not the short edge.
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some people are going to be terribly bruised when clare catches up with them
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I used to have a similar problem on an old Dell laptop. In my case, it was a dirty connection between the actual keyboard cable and the computer--not the one that you plug into the back, but within the board itself. It needed to be re-seated periodically, otherwise I would get the seemingly random keystrokes you're describing. I had to carry a set of tools with me to remove the keyboard and reseat it for a while, since I didn't have an office or computer at work. It was very frustrating. You might be in need of a new keyboard.
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Don't worry Claire, we eventually get used to it like we always do.
Put their heads on f*cking pikes in front of the venue for all I care.
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Some laptops have a membrane under the main part of the keyboard so that it can pick up key movement without having to have the full mechanical depth of a standalone keyboard.boudicca wrote:darn r1ght!emilystrange wrote:some people are going to be terribly bruised when clare catches up with them
1ts a 1apt0p, btw.
If you can remove the keyboard panel (and, of course, it's an important if !) then check something hasn't got in between that and the membrane if there is one.
Just a thought !
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Oh, if it's a laptop it's almost certainly the same issue I had. The likely culprit is the ribbon cable connecting the keyboard membrane CP mentioned above to the main board of the laptop. On my laptop, there were a series of screws labeled 'K' on the back, indicating the keyboard. Unscrewing them would disconnect the keyboard mountings, allowing me to pop it out. There would then be two ribbons, thin one and a wide one. The thin one is for the pointer/mouse, and the wide one is for the keyboard itself. Usually, disconnecting and reconnecting the wide ribbon from the main board would do the trick, although cleaning it might help too. After that, it *should* work again. If the laptop is still under warranty, see if you can get it replaced. I eventually got so sick of doing this everytime I needed to type that I bought a $10.00 half-size keyboard to keep in my laptop bag and attach via the usual methods.boudicca wrote:darn r1ght!emilystrange wrote:some people are going to be terribly bruised when clare catches up with them
1ts a 1apt0p, btw.
Anyway, I hope this helps. It's royal pain in the ass to deal with.
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
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Hi Claire!
Ciao, Uli.
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Hi Claire!
I almost don't dare to write this, but the "one side" thing sounds like you hit the "Num" key. Just hit it again and everything might be sorted. Please don't be offended if I post something totally obvious!boudicca wrote:the 1etters 0n 0ne s1de are a11 f***ed. what's g01ng 0n
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smiscandlon wrote:"Have you tried turning it off then back on again?"
Claire, what've I told you about LSD and computers?
There is increasing evidence to suggest that Chris may have been being sarcastic.
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Actually, yeah - I think that sounds most likely. I've accidentally turned on the Number Lock on my laptop a couple of times and it confused the hell out of me.uli wrote:<lurking = "off">
Hi Claire!I almost don't dare to write this, but the "one side" thing sounds like you hit the "Num" key. Just hit it again and everything might be sorted. Please don't be offended if I post something totally obvious!boudicca wrote:the 1etters 0n 0ne s1de are a11 f***ed. what's g01ng 0n
Ciao, Uli.
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Especially as, from her posts, the affected keys appear to be u i o j k l m, tying up with the 'virtual' number pad on the laptop.
Good call, uli the lurker.
Good call, uli the lurker.
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I think uli the lurker is uli the solver on this one - I'd completely forgotten about that "virtual" number pad that many portables have - sounds spot on.
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All we need now is a perfectly typed post from Claire and we'll know for sure !
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All we need now is a perfectly typed post from Claire and we'll know for sure !
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