Weirdness - the L key puts my computer into locked mode

[morgan1112]

This is very weird, out of the blue whenever I press the L
key on my keyboard, windows goes into a locked mode and
the caps lock comes on.. every single time. I have done a
virus check and also checked around but can't find any hot
keys mapped to this behavior... any ideas?

 

[Guest]

Pressing the Windows-key plus the L normally puts you in locked mode.
Maybe your Windows-key is stuck?
Occasionally I see the ctrl/shift/alt type keys get "stuck" (not physically,
but in software somewhere) out of sync with their actual state - if you press
each of these keys a few times, it may get them back in sync.

|This is very weird, out of the blue whenever I press the L
|key on my keyboard, windows goes into a locked mode and
|the caps lock comes on.. every single time. I have done a
|virus check and also checked around but can't find any hot
|keys mapped to this behavior... any ideas?

 

[JJ]

This is very weird, out of the blue whenever I press the L
key on my keyboard, windows goes into a locked mode and
the caps lock comes on.. every single time. I have done a
virus check and also checked around but can't find any hot
keys mapped to this behavior... any ideas?

Try a different keyboard. Your windows key may be stuck just enough,
to make that happen, because WinKey + L locks the computer.

jj

 

[§kullywag©-]

Try a different keyboard. Your windows key may be stuck just enough,
to make that happen, because WinKey + L locks the computer.

jj

Have to disagree with ya there.....
WinKey+L brings up the Logon screen.

My guess is the original poster has installed a 3rd party app that has
mapped "hot-keys". Tweakers, Screensaver launchers, and various
toolbar apps often have these features. On install they *may* set
hot-keys to default without you ever knowing it.


§kullywag©-

 

[David]

This is very weird, out of the blue whenever I press the L
key on my keyboard, windows goes into a locked mode and
the caps lock comes on.. every single time. I have done a
virus check and also checked around but can't find any hot
keys mapped to this behavior... any ideas?

Tap your Windows Key a few times. It may be sticking.


David

 

[Black Baptist]

Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB] rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:

I believe it depends on whether you're joined to a domain and/or have set
the option to require Ctrl+Alt+Del to log on. I'm on a domain and Windows+L
locks my machine.

Windows + L locks my machine too