Keyboard problem - Spacebar doesn't work

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Steve

I have Media Centre installed on a shuttle box here, problem started a few
months back when the keyboard spacebar has stopped working. Easy I said and
swapped out the keyboard with another USB model - SAME problem.
Ok so then I tried a PS2 keyboard in its usual port and same problem with
that. I checked all three keyboards on another XP machine and they worked
fine.
Next I tried completely removing the drivers and reinstalling (Microsoft
standard PS/2 drivers) and still the same.
The ONLY way I could get the spacebar to work is by holding down the SHIFT
key first and then pressing the spacebar and then it would insert a space on
the page - this applies to all three keyboards.
So somewhere along the line this is a s/w problem but it beats me as to what
is causing it. I don`t have any special keyboard software/ keymappers etc -
just plain old Media Centre 2005.
What could be causing this?

Steve
 
Steve said:
I have Media Centre installed on a shuttle box here, problem started a few
months back when the keyboard spacebar has stopped working. Easy I said and
swapped out the keyboard with another USB model - SAME problem.
Ok so then I tried a PS2 keyboard in its usual port and same problem with
that. I checked all three keyboards on another XP machine and they worked
fine.
Next I tried completely removing the drivers and reinstalling (Microsoft
standard PS/2 drivers) and still the same.
The ONLY way I could get the spacebar to work is by holding down the SHIFT
key first and then pressing the spacebar and then it would insert a space on
the page - this applies to all three keyboards.
So somewhere along the line this is a s/w problem but it beats me as to what
is causing it. I don`t have any special keyboard software/ keymappers etc -
just plain old Media Centre 2005.
What could be causing this?

Steve
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On a hunch, open Control Panel and into Accessibility Options.
Check to see if any its settings are activate. If so, then
disable as accessibility options do not seem needed here.
 
Ghostrider said:
On a hunch, open Control Panel and into Accessibility Options.
Check to see if any its settings are activate. If so, then
disable as accessibility options do not seem needed here.
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Have checked that one, they are all turned off so unfortunately its not that
causing the problem.
Steve
 
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