Weird Issue on Compaq Laptop

TampaWebDevelopment@gmail.com

I have Windows Server 2003 Standard installed on my development
laptop. The laptop is a Compaq Presario X1000. The other day, I was
typing away and some of my keys were messed up. For example, the "p"
was displaying a *, etc

I figured the recent Windows Update that was applied might have
installed something that conflicted with my laptop keyboard driver.
So, I uninstalled all recent updates and whatever software I could
think of that was recently installed. I also removed the device from
the device manager and let Windows reinstall the driver. I rebooted a
few times, still nothing. I then noticed that when I type in my
username and password into the Windows logon form, the keys were fine.
That was kinda weird. So, I logged in and looked to see if anything
was running in my task manager that might be causing it. I didn't see
anything that might cause this. I personally use the Administrator
account on this machine. My next step was creating a new user, and add
it to the Administrators group so that I could at least use the laptop
and also see if the problem existed on different user accounts. I
logged off the Administrator account, logged into my new account, and
everything is completely fine.

So, my question is this. What could possibly be causing this?

I would hate to have two options:
1. Reinstall Windows.
2. Be forced to use my other account.

Dave Patrick

Follow the steps in this article to replace the local administrator profile.

User Profile May Become Corrupted After You Perform a Clean Windows 2000
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Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]


<> wrote:
>I have Windows Server 2003 Standard installed on my development
> laptop. The laptop is a Compaq Presario X1000. The other day, I was
> typing away and some of my keys were messed up. For example, the "p"
> was displaying a *, etc
>
> I figured the recent Windows Update that was applied might have
> installed something that conflicted with my laptop keyboard driver.
> So, I uninstalled all recent updates and whatever software I could
> think of that was recently installed. I also removed the device from
> the device manager and let Windows reinstall the driver. I rebooted a
> few times, still nothing. I then noticed that when I type in my
> username and password into the Windows logon form, the keys were fine.
> That was kinda weird. So, I logged in and looked to see if anything
> was running in my task manager that might be causing it. I didn't see
> anything that might cause this. I personally use the Administrator
> account on this machine. My next step was creating a new user, and add
> it to the Administrators group so that I could at least use the laptop
> and also see if the problem existed on different user accounts. I
> logged off the Administrator account, logged into my new account, and
> everything is completely fine.
>
> So, my question is this. What could possibly be causing this?
>
> I would hate to have two options:
> 1. Reinstall Windows.
> 2. Be forced to use my other account.
>

Dave Patrick

Follow the steps in this article to replace the local administrator profile.

User Profile May Become Corrupted After You Perform a Clean Windows 2000
Installation



--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]


<> wrote:
>I have Windows Server 2003 Standard installed on my development
> laptop. The laptop is a Compaq Presario X1000. The other day, I was
> typing away and some of my keys were messed up. For example, the "p"
> was displaying a *, etc
>
> I figured the recent Windows Update that was applied might have
> installed something that conflicted with my laptop keyboard driver.
> So, I uninstalled all recent updates and whatever software I could
> think of that was recently installed. I also removed the device from
> the device manager and let Windows reinstall the driver. I rebooted a
> few times, still nothing. I then noticed that when I type in my
> username and password into the Windows logon form, the keys were fine.
> That was kinda weird. So, I logged in and looked to see if anything
> was running in my task manager that might be causing it. I didn't see
> anything that might cause this. I personally use the Administrator
> account on this machine. My next step was creating a new user, and add
> it to the Administrators group so that I could at least use the laptop
> and also see if the problem existed on different user accounts. I
> logged off the Administrator account, logged into my new account, and
> everything is completely fine.
>
> So, my question is this. What could possibly be causing this?
>
> I would hate to have two options:
> 1. Reinstall Windows.
> 2. Be forced to use my other account.
>

Jabez Gan [MVP]

Sometimes we might just missed out the obvious things:

Did you turn on the "num lock" on your laptop keyboard? Turn it off.

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Jabez Gan [MVP]
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server

MSBLOG:

<> wrote in message
news:1181533623.421186.285810@h2g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
>I have Windows Server 2003 Standard installed on my development
> laptop. The laptop is a Compaq Presario X1000. The other day, I was
> typing away and some of my keys were messed up. For example, the "p"
> was displaying a *, etc
>
> I figured the recent Windows Update that was applied might have
> installed something that conflicted with my laptop keyboard driver.
> So, I uninstalled all recent updates and whatever software I could
> think of that was recently installed. I also removed the device from
> the device manager and let Windows reinstall the driver. I rebooted a
> few times, still nothing. I then noticed that when I type in my
> username and password into the Windows logon form, the keys were fine.
> That was kinda weird. So, I logged in and looked to see if anything
> was running in my task manager that might be causing it. I didn't see
> anything that might cause this. I personally use the Administrator
> account on this machine. My next step was creating a new user, and add
> it to the Administrators group so that I could at least use the laptop
> and also see if the problem existed on different user accounts. I
> logged off the Administrator account, logged into my new account, and
> everything is completely fine.
>
> So, my question is this. What could possibly be causing this?
>
> I would hate to have two options:
> 1. Reinstall Windows.
> 2. Be forced to use my other account.
>

Jabez Gan [MVP]

Sometimes we might just missed out the obvious things:

Did you turn on the "num lock" on your laptop keyboard? Turn it off.

--
Jabez Gan [MVP]
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server

MSBLOG:

<> wrote in message
news:1181533623.421186.285810@h2g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
>I have Windows Server 2003 Standard installed on my development
> laptop. The laptop is a Compaq Presario X1000. The other day, I was
> typing away and some of my keys were messed up. For example, the "p"
> was displaying a *, etc
>
> I figured the recent Windows Update that was applied might have
> installed something that conflicted with my laptop keyboard driver.
> So, I uninstalled all recent updates and whatever software I could
> think of that was recently installed. I also removed the device from
> the device manager and let Windows reinstall the driver. I rebooted a
> few times, still nothing. I then noticed that when I type in my
> username and password into the Windows logon form, the keys were fine.
> That was kinda weird. So, I logged in and looked to see if anything
> was running in my task manager that might be causing it. I didn't see
> anything that might cause this. I personally use the Administrator
> account on this machine. My next step was creating a new user, and add
> it to the Administrators group so that I could at least use the laptop
> and also see if the problem existed on different user accounts. I
> logged off the Administrator account, logged into my new account, and
> everything is completely fine.
>
> So, my question is this. What could possibly be causing this?
>
> I would hate to have two options:
> 1. Reinstall Windows.
> 2. Be forced to use my other account.
>

TampaWebDevelopment@gmail.com

> Did you turn on the "num lock" on your laptop keyboard? Turn it off.

That was it! I accidently hit the function + num lock keys!

Thanks a ton!

TampaWebDevelopment@gmail.com

> Did you turn on the "num lock" on your laptop keyboard? Turn it off.

That was it! I accidently hit the function + num lock keys!

Thanks a ton!

Jabez Gan [MVP]

Glad it works.

--
Jabez Gan [MVP]
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server

MSBLOG:

<> wrote in message
news:1181538149.223392.229110@c77g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>
>> Did you turn on the "num lock" on your laptop keyboard? Turn it off.
>
> That was it! I accidently hit the function + num lock keys!
>
> Thanks a ton!
>

Jabez Gan [MVP]

Glad it works.

--
Jabez Gan [MVP]
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server

MSBLOG:

<> wrote in message
news:1181538149.223392.229110@c77g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>
>> Did you turn on the "num lock" on your laptop keyboard? Turn it off.
>
> That was it! I accidently hit the function + num lock keys!
>
> Thanks a ton!
>