Strange Keyboard Problem

[Guest]

I’ve got a sticky problem and sure could use someones help.

I’ve got a Vaio laptop running xp2 with 2 users. When one of the users is
logged in, the built in laptop keyboard works fine. When the other logs in,
the laptop keyboard consistently types wrong letters. I.E. “C†types “o†and
P types “Qâ€.

The substitutions are always the same and occur in all programs including
notepad and when trying to enter a program name on the “run†command line.

Here’s the sticky part. An external keyboard works perfectly on both users.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Jerry

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem with one of my friends laptop. Typing "L" shows "6", O
shows "8". Then I turn off the Num Lock and then it was working fine. There
was also an Fn key which was doing a strange behavior and was not letting me
turn off the num lock key. Then I press it once and then Num Lock and it got
turn off.

Hope this help you, let us know

 

[Guest]

It may have, I got a call from my friend saying that the problem
"mysteriously" went away without any specific intervention. Thanks for the
idea. I thought that the numlock and function would be universal and not per
user settings though.