help me escape Hotkey hell...

[Guest]

Okay, I posted a messege titled "keyboard and mouse functionality issues" and
sitting back and thinking a little bit, this all seems to be some kind of
input settings problem. Basically, I was playing America's Army, and the
primary buttons I happened to be using were the R-ctrl, Z, R shift, R windows
button, the zero number pad key, and the left and right mouse buttons. The
buttons stopped responding suddenly, and so I shut the game down. In trying
to figure out what was what, it became clear that only certain keys were
working, such as P and I. But pressing P would bring up the Print screen, I
would indent on a word document. The mouse in turn would select and deselect
things on the desktop or in a window, and of course, if you double click one
item with other selected, it opens them all, or dies trying. I'm pretty sure
I activated some way of using the keyboard to ONLY use hotkeys, but I'm no
computer guru. Any thoughts anyone?

PS: I tried system restore, but can't access anything one it due to the
keyboard not working properly and the mouse not selecting anything within the
restore screen.

 

[David Candy]

Your control key seems stuck.

 

[Enkidu]

Okay, I posted a messege titled "keyboard and mouse functionality issues" and
sitting back and thinking a little bit, this all seems to be some kind of
input settings problem. Basically, I was playing America's Army, and the
primary buttons I happened to be using were the R-ctrl, Z, R shift, R windows
button, the zero number pad key, and the left and right mouse buttons. The
buttons stopped responding suddenly, and so I shut the game down. In trying
to figure out what was what, it became clear that only certain keys were
working, such as P and I. But pressing P would bring up the Print screen, I
would indent on a word document. The mouse in turn would select and deselect
things on the desktop or in a window, and of course, if you double click one
item with other selected, it opens them all, or dies trying. I'm pretty sure
I activated some way of using the keyboard to ONLY use hotkeys, but I'm no
computer guru. Any thoughts anyone?

Have you tried using the CNTL key at the same time as
another key? In other words, does holding the CNTL switch
*off* the CNTL key operation rather than switching it *on*?

Cheers,

Cliff