Keyboard types wrong letters in Office or I.E
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From: Larry S. on 27 May 2005 18:25 I have run into a strange problem with my keyboard, working in Office XP or Internet Explorer, and in the Windows 2000 OS. While typing into an Internet form, my keyboard suddenly began typing gibberish. Each keystroke seemed to produce a different letter or symbol than it should have, and these are repeated consistently. This seems to happen in all Office programs (Ive tried Word, Excel and Outlook), and any use of Internet Explorer. I am however able to log onto Windows OK, if I type in a Windows menu (such as run) it comes out OK, it types properly in the command module (DOS window), and in programs such as Quicken and Pagemaker, even Notepad. But not in any Office module or Internet Explorer! I had to type this in Pagemaker and then copy it with a cut and paste to get it into this message. What is going on and how can I fix this? This is an urgent problem, since I cant type documents in Word, answer email, keep records, etc. I cant even browse to a web site that is not saved in my list of favorites! HELP!!! -- Larry S.
From: Mary Sauer on 28 May 2005 05:45
OFFXP: Incorrect Letters or Characters Appear When You Type on the Keyboard http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321498 -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Larry S." <LarryS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1C6F89EB-CC7D-40B1-85C4-5E479F90C303(a)microsoft.com... >I have run into a strange problem with my keyboard, working in Office XP or > Internet Explorer, and in the Windows 2000 OS. While typing into an Internet > form, my keyboard suddenly began typing gibberish. Each keystroke seemed to > produce a different letter or symbol than it should have, and these are > repeated consistently. This seems to happen in all Office programs (I've > tried Word, Excel and Outlook), and any use of Internet Explorer. I am > however able to log onto Windows OK, if I type in a Windows menu (such as > run) it comes out OK, it types properly in the command module (DOS window), > and in programs such as Quicken and Pagemaker, even Notepad. But not in any > Office module or Internet Explorer! I had to type this in Pagemaker and then > copy it with a cut and paste to get it into this message. What is going on > and how can I fix this? This is an urgent problem, since I can't type > documents in Word, answer email, keep records, etc. I can't even browse to a > web site that is not saved in my list of favorites! HELP!!! > -- > Larry S. |