key stuck in depressed mode

[Guest]

hi there,
as in my post title, my "insert" key is permanently in "depressed" mode. No
it's not having mood swings (!!), it just acts as if I'm always pressing it
although I'm not. I know this because: 1) continuous beeps issue at start up
like when you're pressing a key that you shouldn't be pressing, and 2)
everytime I start Word the insert mode keeps flickering on and off rapidly,
causing me to overwrite erratically when I intend to insert instead.
Does anyone know if there's some combination of keys (some combi using Ctrl,
Alt, Tab?) that locks other keys? I suspect I may have hit the combi cos
those 3 function keys were in heavy use just before the problem started 3
days ago. I've been trying random combis but none of them have solved the
problem so far. (I'm running a Win XP).

Thanks for reading and very grateful for any help

 

[Guest]

Sounds like it's time for a new keyboard.

MD

 

[Shenan Stanley]

as in my post title, my "insert" key is permanently in "depressed"
mode. No it's not having mood swings (!!), it just acts as if I'm
always pressing it although I'm not. I know this because: 1)
continuous beeps issue at start up like when you're pressing a key
that you shouldn't be pressing, and 2) everytime I start Word the
insert mode keeps flickering on and off rapidly, causing me to
overwrite erratically when I intend to insert instead.
Does anyone know if there's some combination of keys (some combi
using Ctrl, Alt, Tab?) that locks other keys? I suspect I may have
hit the combi cos those 3 function keys were in heavy use just before
the problem started 3 days ago. I've been trying random combis but
none of them have solved the problem so far. (I'm running a Win XP).

Thanks for reading and very grateful for any help

Easiest test - assuming this is not a laptop - plug a new keyboard in..
problem gone? Plug the old keyboard in a different computer - problem
follow it? Keyboard is FUBAR. Chunk it.

If it is a laptop - suck.
You will have to have it repaired. I hate fiddling with laptop keyboards,
personally.. All those small cheap plastic parts, sometimes little springs..
thin contact sheets, etc.. It's worth the cost just not to have to deal
with it at all. hah

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

as in my post title, my "insert" key is permanently in "depressed"
mode. No it's not having mood swings (!!), it just acts as if I'm
always pressing it although I'm not. I know this because: 1)
continuous beeps issue at start up like when you're pressing a key
that you shouldn't be pressing, and 2) everytime I start Word the
insert mode keeps flickering on and off rapidly, causing me to
overwrite erratically when I intend to insert instead.
Does anyone know if there's some combination of keys (some combi
using Ctrl, Alt, Tab?) that locks other keys? I suspect I may have
hit the combi cos those 3 function keys were in heavy use just before
the problem started 3 days ago. I've been trying random combis but
none of them have solved the problem so far. (I'm running a Win XP).

That sounds very much like a problem with the keyboard itself. If so, it's
worth trying to fix. Keyboards are cheap and you should probably just
replace it.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

That sounds very much like a problem with the keyboard itself. If so,
it's

Sorry, typo. The word "not:" is missing here. It's *not* worth trying to
fix.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

hi there,
as in my post title, my "insert" key is permanently in "depressed" mode. No
it's not having mood swings (!!), it just acts as if I'm always pressing it
although I'm not. I know this because: 1) continuous beeps issue at start up
like when you're pressing a key that you shouldn't be pressing, and 2)
everytime I start Word the insert mode keeps flickering on and off rapidly,
causing me to overwrite erratically when I intend to insert instead.
Does anyone know if there's some combination of keys (some combi using Ctrl,
Alt, Tab?) that locks other keys? I suspect I may have hit the combi cos
those 3 function keys were in heavy use just before the problem started 3
days ago. I've been trying random combis but none of them have solved the
problem so far. (I'm running a Win XP).

Thanks for reading and very grateful for any help

Is there any particular reason you haven't simply replaced the
defective keyboard?


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