Control and Shift Key Combinations Not Working

[Guest]

I'm using a standard keyboard and Windows XP. Recently had a new motherboard installed and now control and shift key combinations don't work. Example: Ctrl-F6 used to cycle between open windows does not work; Ctrl-F4 to close current window doesn't work
Any ideas why?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The Shift keys are the Shift keys. There are two of them.
F1 through F12 are called the Function keys.
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Open Help and Support and type: keyboard shortcuts | ENTER |
Look for: "Windows keyboard shortcuts overview"
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Close current Window Ctrl+W

Switch between open items. ALT+TAB

Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop. F6

Close the active document in programs that allow
you to have multiple documents open simultaneously. CTRL+F4

Close the active item, or quit the active program. ALT+F4

 

[Guest]

Yes, thanks. I know these keys. However, using Ctrl F6 to cycle between open screen elements does not work. In fact most of those you have listed no longer work.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

FES;
CTRL+F6 Go to the next window or document in MS Word

F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
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Did you have some custom keys set??
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Try this:
Start | Settings | Control Panel | Keyboard |
Hardware tab | Properties button | Check out the Driver |
Or Troubleshoot button

 

[Guest]

Yes - tried all of those things, but it still doesn't work. And no, I have not set any custom keys.
They worked just fine until we installed the new Intel motherboard and updated the BIOS
We'll keep looking
Thanks for your suggestions.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

FES;
Try swapping keyboards. Take yours to a friends
machine and see if it works. Borrow one from a friend.

 

[Guest]

Yes, we tried that, too. We had a few different keyboards here and I tried all of them. I've also looked at every aspect of software settings and everything seems to be in order. I am a strong user of keyboard shortcuts and find it difficult to work without them. The Newsgroup was my last hope. I'm not giving up.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

FES;
Try reposting at
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

IF you've tried everything mentioned in this
thread, I don't know any more.

 

[JETJR]

We've got a real similar sounding deal at our house.
Problem is I don't know if it's been that way from the
beginning because I don't use this machine very often.

CTRL, Win logo, ALT (both sides of space bar) do nothing. I
agree it's annoying. Uninstalled keyboard driver. Plugged
in different keyboard, same thing. Bought and installed USB
keyboard, same thing.

DOS boot, CTRL C works, ^C shows up. Command prompt from
Windows doesn't give the ^C.

Spent an hour on the phone with Sony tech. support before
they finally resorted to recommending system recovery. I
don't want to do that if at all possible. Suspect something
in the registry now. Have seen a possibility by searching
for ways to disable these keys.

Help please, thanks.

-----Original Message-----
Yes, we tried that, too. We had a few different keyboards

here and I tried all of them. I've also looked at every
aspect of software settings and everything seems to be in
order. I am a strong user of keyboard shortcuts and find
it difficult to work without them. The Newsgroup was my
last hope. I'm not giving up.