Help me fix tHis Crap tHanks Very muCH. I don't want a typing quirk.

**Satan's Onion** · 10-09-2012, 09:10 PM

So I start typing in my faVorite CHat an Hour ago only to disCoVer tHat for some reason, tHe lowerCase C, H, and V keys don't work. I migHt attribute tHis to stuff stuCk under tHe keys, only:

it worked perfeCtly well tHis morning wHen I took notes in PHilosopHy Class
tHe upperCase Versions of tHe same letters work just fine
wHen I press Caps LoCk and sHift, tHe lowerCase letters also sHow up perfeCtly fine
wHen I Copy and paste sometHing, Ctrl+C works as well as it eVer did

So, does anyone know wHat tHe sHit is Happening to my keys? I don't want a typing quirk like a HomestuCk troll wannabe. Please Help me type normally again!

**Satan's Onion** · 10-09-2012, 09:24 PM

I managed to fix the problem by turning it off and then on again.

That said, what the precise fuck happened to start that in the first place?

RobinStarwing · 10-09-2012, 11:02 PM

Sometimes happen with my laptop on the M, 5, and W keys. I usually just need to hit them again and blow down between the keys.

If it's a desktop keyboard, I'd say time to clean the keys. :|

Meister · 10-10-2012, 01:05 AM

Doesn't sound like a hardware problem since the keys themselves worked. Did the lowercase letters just not show up, or did they automatically convert into uppercase?

What programs were you running at the time?

Aldurin · 10-10-2012, 01:55 AM

Maybe there's a virus that is purposely giving a troll quirk for the lolz (I don't know, I don't hack)? I don't think that it could be a keyboard problem but I'm not versed on how keyboard communication works.

I'd say to do a virus check, then do it again if the key sticking starts happening again. A good way to confirm that it's not the keyboard is to switch another keyboard in (any geek has at least five in some dusty corner, so don't say you don't have any spares) and test with that.

**Satan's Onion** · 10-10-2012, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meister

Doesn't sound like a hardware problem since the keys themselves worked. Did the lowercase letters just not show up, or did they automatically convert into uppercase?

What programs were you running at the time?

The letters themselves wouldn't show up, so I had to use uppercase to substitute. (Of course, if I'd pressed caps lock and then used shift, I'd have had lowercase letters just like it had never happened.) And I was running nothing unusual--just my Firefox and Skype (which is always on), as far as I remember.

synkr0nized · 10-10-2012, 05:28 AM

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A double-tap of the Windows (or Super) key.
A double-tap of specifically the right Super key.
Restart the effected application
Reboot
Press CapsLock and Shift back down to lower case (per letter fix)
Fn key and Super key may toggle problem on and off.
Region and Language �> Keyboards and Languages �> change keyboards; delete all keyboards other than your language and delete all instances of �Ink Correction�.
Disable Sticky Keys (Control Panel �> Ease of Access Center �> Make the keyboard easier to use �> Make it easier to type �> uncheck �Turn on Sticky Keys�)

If it happens to you or anyone else in the future, I came across this list of possible "fixes" that might be worth trying.

Edit: Also, turning on the on-screen keyboard may both give you a short-term means for using the correct case and of seeing if additional keys are being "pressed".

10-09-2012, 09:10 PM	#1
Satan's Onion Swing You Sinners! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 4th Street Posts: 2,666	Help me fix tHis Crap tHanks Very muCH. I don't want a typing quirk. So I start typing in my faVorite CHat an Hour ago only to disCoVer tHat for some reason, tHe lowerCase C, H, and V keys don't work. I migHt attribute tHis to stuff stuCk under tHe keys, only: it worked perfeCtly well tHis morning wHen I took notes in PHilosopHy Class tHe upperCase Versions of tHe same letters work just fine wHen I press Caps LoCk and sHift, tHe lowerCase letters also sHow up perfeCtly fine wHen I Copy and paste sometHing, Ctrl+C works as well as it eVer did So, does anyone know wHat tHe sHit is Happening to my keys? I don't want a typing quirk like a HomestuCk troll wannabe. Please Help me type normally again! __________________ Good evening, ladies. Please enter and be tained .

10-09-2012, 09:24 PM	#2
Satan's Onion Swing You Sinners! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 4th Street Posts: 2,666	I managed to fix the problem by turning it off and then on again. That said, what the precise fuck happened to start that in the first place? __________________ Good evening, ladies. Please enter and be tained .

10-09-2012, 11:02 PM	#3
RobinStarwing C.M.B.A.S.O.B Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Everywhere until you look at me. Posts: 737	Sometimes happen with my laptop on the M, 5, and W keys. I usually just need to hit them again and blow down between the keys. If it's a desktop keyboard, I'd say time to clean the keys. :\| __________________ *NPF's resident Crazy Magnificent Bastard Ass Son Of A Bitch (CMBASOB)* Accept No Substitutes Also known as "The Least Interesting Man in The World" according to multiple surveys

10-10-2012, 01:05 AM	#4
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Doesn't sound like a hardware problem since the keys themselves worked. Did the lowercase letters just not show up, or did they automatically convert into uppercase? What programs were you running at the time?

10-10-2012, 01:55 AM	#5
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	Maybe there's a virus that is purposely giving a troll quirk for the lolz (I don't know, I don't hack)? I don't think that it could be a keyboard problem but I'm not versed on how keyboard communication works. I'd say to do a virus check, then do it again if the key sticking starts happening again. A good way to confirm that it's not the keyboard is to switch another keyboard in (any geek has at least five in some dusty corner, so don't say you don't have any spares) and test with that.