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Keyboard mess up after shift key held too lon

Last answer on Nov 20, 2009 5:37:47 am GMT barb, on Sep 16, 2008 11:10:01 pm BST 
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Hi< i guess i held down the shift key too long and even after rebooting and disconnecting my keyboard< i still cannot type certain characters and it won"t do caps unless i turn capslock OFF< and see< no commas or periods at all

can you help me?

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prince90788, on Sep 17, 2008 6:21:13 am BST

Hello , dude u are getting problem of virus re format the computer delete all the drive and make it again and don't put anti virus again

   
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dragonaudra, on Oct 9, 2008 1:37:41 am BST
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I found that if you hold down both left and right shift key at the same time (did this for several seconds), it somehow solved the problem. Hopefully that fixed the issue. Also, go to control panel, click on accessibility options..in the keyboard tab, click on the settings buttons for sticky keys, filter keys and toggle keys and deselect the option to use shortcut..hopefully this will help you and other people that have had this problem.

   
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kkgrp, on Dec 26, 2008 5:22:16 am GMT
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Thanks, that resolved my issue.

   
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HEY, on Jan 8, 2009 11:59:52 pm GMT
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Hey, thank you very much for the togle sticky keys help, thank you very much

   
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johan, on Feb 9, 2009 8:27:01 pm GMT
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Thanks very much
i Thought i Wont Solve my problem but u did
Thanks very much.........

   
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lmty_1, on Feb 12, 2009 5:53:32 pm GMT
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Thanks, I had the same problem and your suggestion fixed it!

   
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CBA, on Feb 13, 2009 1:07:16 am GMT
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Hey, thank you very much. Your advice worked perfect. I was getting very frustrated and this solved my problem. Thank you.

   
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Compy Molly, on Mar 3, 2009 12:58:12 am GMT
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Perfect! That resolved the issue for me, too

   
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with a c, on Mar 23, 2009 10:58:21 pm GMT

I dont know what i pressed but every key i pressed was capital and i couldnt fix it. holding both shift keys down solved the problem. thanks so much!

   
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nymphadora, on Mar 29, 2009 2:07:33 am BST

Omg THANK YOU...i was near tears, i couldnt figure out how to fix the filterkeys/stickykeys thing or watever...but holding down both shift buttons fixed it. i cant believe it!! thank you!!!

   
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Keth, on Jul 30, 2009 2:48:48 pm BST

Great tip..holding the both shift keys for 10 seconds resolved the issue.

   
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lex, on Aug 8, 2009 6:00:56 am BST

Thanx ur advice worked.....my parents would have killed me if i broke another keyboard so thanx!!!

   
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ray, on Aug 25, 2009 12:20:00 am BST

Can you help me? I tried what you said, but it's still not working. I might just be doing something wrong. Also, everything on AOL is all big.

   
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ray, on Aug 25, 2009 12:33:48 am BST

It didnt work for me do you have any more solutions anything i couldve done wrong?

   
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Pinkicexox, on Aug 29, 2009 5:24:18 pm BST

OMG thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! you literally saved my ass thanks a bunch, you rock!

   
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viggoyeah, on Sep 1, 2009 10:32:58 pm BST

Thanks master jedi i was getting pretty dramatic you saved me going crazy

   
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tilak, on Oct 12, 2009 8:53:02 pm BST

Hey sir .
thanks this logic trick of urs has worked with quantum excellence.
now my brother will not scold me:)

   
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some guy, on Nov 19, 2009 12:31:56 pm GMT

Thanks!! you saved my butt!

   
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Gennie, on Nov 3, 2008 11:27:58 pm GMT
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Hold down both "Shift" keys at once, and hold "Alt" down at the same time....that's switching it back and forth between European and American keyboard. The way I can tell which mode my keyboard is in is the "=" in American it's an equal sign, and in European it's "ì". Another way to tell is the "#" sign. In American it's a number sign, in European it's the British pound sign ("£")..Hope this helps!











--------Gennie

   
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Am, on Jan 12, 2009 3:55:23 pm GMT

Thanks so much for the advice! Yours was the best- going to contol settings and trying to change regional and languge setting or accessability settings did not work but yours did! Thanks alot I thought I had lost the ability to type �£ in Word. However I just had to do both shift alt to get to type �£ instead of # in this message. Strange (will look into) but your solution does work in the meantime!

Thank you very mucho. ;-)

   
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ren, on Apr 1, 2009 7:53:15 pm BST

Hello Gennie

your advice sounds good but I cannnot seem to type the pound sterling sign by using the shift key, only by
pressing the alt and then the pound sterling sign. This just started to happen. Any ideas greatfully received?

   
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rabbie boy, on Jul 16, 2009 5:23:50 pm BST

Cheers ur a STAR it worked a treat

   
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Mr.Wingo, on Nov 16, 2008 5:31:46 pm GMT
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Ok this is what happened... gy holding down the shift keys for more than 8 seconds it turns something on. i did this once on accident. you have to hold down both shift keys for a while and then check to see if its fixed. if it doesnt then try holding it down for a longer period of time. mine went within 2 minutes but some ppl waited for like 20 so give it a try.

   
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jeje908, on Nov 26, 2008 5:56:14 pm GMT
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If ur keyboard just stops working all of a sudden ur keyboard stops working just reset ur whole computer

   
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testa, on Jan 13, 2009 5:13:14 pm GMT
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Hi, i have also have problems with this sticky keys issue... i can't use combinations keys like shift, ctrl, alt. also keys like insert, delete doens't respond anymore...

i treid al the other mentioned solutions in this topic,, but nothing seems to work

damm.. i need shift when i am coding assembly for the c64 ...

   
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dallasdamage, on Jan 14, 2009 3:14:31 am GMT

Thank youuu :]
i held down shift to long, and holding them both down worked. :]
i was in the middle of some pretty important work,
so thankss :D

   
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HRA, on Feb 3, 2009 8:52:34 pm GMT

Thank you very much for posting your answer. I am in the middle of a time sensitive document, focused on what I was saying, left my finger on some key to long and BAM my keys gave different results. Google. Got this answer. Did the control menu sequence. Solved. Thanks.

   
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PrinCe Kobra, on Feb 6, 2009 5:46:53 pm GMT

Dude if u think !!! that u put anti virus and u dont get the virus things then you forgot that !! If u go to find out the virus from ur computer u get so many .... its hang ur computer ... some time it will restart again and again .. or show u the problem in your harddisk. i find out about virus. and i get it.. the virus file format n anti virus format are both same formatted file that why they connect n give soo much problem... do u know 1 thing when u want to transper a file from mobile to mobile u conenct the bluetooth then it will go like that this one also when anti virus n virus connect then the file transper n give us problem..

   
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renie, on Feb 13, 2009 11:17:54 am GMT

Hello,

i dunno what have happen to my keyboard...
i cant use `SHIFT` to type symbols and stuff...
theres something wrong with the shift

   
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johan, on Feb 15, 2009 10:48:01 am GMT

You could type the 2 shifts at the same time. One by one but fast

   
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Gratse, on Feb 17, 2009 5:56:07 pm GMT

Many thanks, new it was software related when several keyboards behaved the same way (luckily I have spares).

   
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ana, on Mar 16, 2009 9:56:44 am GMT

My sony vaio cs had messed up two buttons...z and y. i solved the problem by holding both of shift buttons and CTRL. thanks for all advices on that website!!!

   
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jeje, on Apr 6, 2009 6:43:15 am BST
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You could press those 2 shift keys and hold. If it doesn't work you could press those 2 keys alternately. For example, 1st press left shift key then right shift key then left then right. Repeat that for 1 minute. That's all
   
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lrg, on Apr  9, 2009 12:34:03 am BST
Thank you soo much!!!!I had to post. The best advice was to hold down both shift keys at the same time. This was really pissing me off thanks again!!!!
   
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Mini, on May 22, 2009  4:30:58 pm BST
The best advice for me was to hold both Shift keys together, followed by the Alt key. Everything else was useless. A BIG thanks to the person who suggested this. Muah!!!
   
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no coffe with keyboards, on Jun  3, 2009  3:40:54 pm BST
This happens also when your coffe or cola leaks .

the fix is drying it but this worksonly 2-3 times and after that you hawe to replce the keyboard
   
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Pixietree, on Jul  2, 2009  1:27:49 pm BST
Fantastic - both holding shifts solved the problem.  Thanks for posting the answer :).
   
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swaas, on Aug  9, 2009  9:57:42 am BST
That was the shits bit of andveive ever
   
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Tee, on Aug 20, 2009  8:40:45 pm BST
Fabulous! thanks that works!
   
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tinu, on Sep  3, 2009  4:52:25 pm BST
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Thanks. My son messed up with my keyboard and your advice about holding both Shift keys at once worked.
   
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