Backspace key does not repeat

[Sid9]

I'm not sure I have right group but...

My friends Toshiba/ Vista lap top "backspace" key does not repeat.

You need to wait between key strokes or you cannot delete a series of characters.

AVG8 says no virus.

Windows Defender doesn't run....yields an error message if you try to start it.

 

[DaveD]

Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Keyboard
Repeat Delay, Repeat Rate

are the settings you want, I think.




I'm not sure I have right group but...

My friends Toshiba/ Vista lap top "backspace" key does not repeat.

You need to wait between key strokes or you cannot delete a series of
characters.

AVG8 says no virus.

Windows Defender doesn't run....yields an error message if you try to start
it.

 

[Sid9]

Thank you for your response.
Did that.
Didn't help.

Only this one key is affected

 

[DaveD]

That's a strange one.
Maybe it's a hardware problem. Do the other keys repeat?

 

[Sid9]

That's a strange one.
Maybe it's a hardware problem. Do the other keys
repeat?

Every other key works properly and responds to the
control panel.

I don’t remember exactly but I think the left
arrow key did the same thing.....

 

[DaveD]

Sorry - I'm stumped.
Hopefully someone else here can help.

 

[Sid9]

Sorry - I'm stumped.
Hopefully someone else here can help.

Tnx...!

 

[Guest]

Try turning off filter keys in accessibility options

I'm not sure I have right group but...

My friends Toshiba/ Vista lap top "backspace" key does not repeat.

You need to wait between key strokes or you cannot delete a series of characters.

AVG8 says no virus.

Windows Defender doesn't run....yields an error message if you try to start it.

 

[Sid9]

Try turning off filter keys in accessibility options

I'm not sure I have right group but...

My friends Toshiba/ Vista lap top "backspace" key does not repeat.

You need to wait between key strokes or you cannot delete a series of characters.

AVG8 says no virus.

Windows Defender doesn't run....yields an error message if you try to start it.




Thanks, I'll have him try it

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I'm not sure I have right group but...

My friends Toshiba/ Vista lap top "backspace" key does not repeat.

You need to wait between key strokes or you cannot delete a series of characters.

AVG8 says no virus.

Windows Defender doesn't run....yields an error message if you try to start it.

As a test, if he has a spare (desktop) keyboard, plug it into a USB port on
the laptop and see how it works.