Keyboard Problems

[Simon F]

I have lost the Shift Key functionality, and letters
Q,W,E,R U,I,O,P....on my HP laptop running XP. I beleive
it is a software issue as sometimes I have managed to
change the regional settings and reboot, sorting the
problem, but this is not a consistant get out solution.
Any ideas what the problem is? Is it XP or the laptop?

 

[murray]

i would say it is the keyboard as changing regional
setting would not disable those keys. try a new one on it.

 

[Ken Blake]

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I have lost the Shift Key functionality, and letters
Q,W,E,R U,I,O,P....on my HP laptop running XP. I beleive
it is a software issue as sometimes I have managed to
change the regional settings and reboot, sorting the
problem, but this is not a consistant get out solution.
Any ideas what the problem is? Is it XP or the laptop?

I can't imagine what regional setting would disable just those
keys and leave the others working. It sure sounds like a hardware
problem to me.

 

[Kal]

I agree. Check the connector. It could well be a bad pin,
if you have unplugged the keyboard recently.

 

[Simon F.]

Had various conversations with people....I was convinced
it was software but many, like yourselves, proposed
hardware. Ended up doing full factory restore, which re-
enabled the shift key, but consistently disable the QWER
UIOP keys etc. and had a different character mapping on
some of the shift key functions.

Deleted the US keyboard and set UK as default and all
working perfectly....the question is "For how
long????!!!!!!"