Having an issue with typing

Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I have
been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects the
system while gaming

If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or so
stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds.. then
everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently not
respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...

I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go with
this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the system
when this all started

"Bryn" <> wrote in message
news:A3512FFB-C0DE-40E6-B5E8-...
> Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I
> have
> been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects the
> system while gaming
>
> If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
> characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or
> so
> stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds.. then
> everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
> gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently not
> respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...
>
> I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go
> with
> this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the
> system
> when this all started

I'll be interested in any response you get, as this also happens to me — at
times, not always. I have a wireless keyboard, and at first thought that it
had something to do with the signal being 'blocked' by items on my desk I
have a metal mesh pen holder that I've moved), but that's apparently not the
case. I *have* discovered that if I reboot, the problem seems to disappear
for a time.

My system is also Home Premium, but on an HP a6230n desktop. It's the only
"problem" I've had with Vista, and as I don't game, I can't speak to that
aspect of it. But from the keyboard perspective, it can be quite irritating!

LesleyO

LesleyO wrote:

>
> "Bryn" <> wrote in message
> news:A3512FFB-C0DE-40E6-B5E8-...
>> Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I
>> have
>> been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects the
>> system while gaming
>>
>> If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
>> characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or
>> so
>> stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds.. then
>> everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
>> gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently not
>> respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...
>>
>> I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go
>> with
>> this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the
>> system
>> when this all started
>
> I'll be interested in any response you get, as this also happens to me ?
> at times, not always. I have a wireless keyboard, and at first thought
> that it had something to do with the signal being 'blocked' by items on my
> desk I have a metal mesh pen holder that I've moved), but that's
> apparently not the case. I *have* discovered that if I reboot, the problem
> seems to disappear for a time.
>
> My system is also Home Premium, but on an HP a6230n desktop. It's the only
> "problem" I've had with Vista, and as I don't game, I can't speak to that
> aspect of it. But from the keyboard perspective, it can be quite
> irritating!

This is caused by some program or process that is running in the background
taking up CPU cycles. Do clean-boot troubleshooting to find out what it is
so your can address it directly. Clean-boot troubleshooting consists of
starting the system with only the basics and then adding back one thing at
a time until you discover the culprit. You must be systematic in doing this
because the badly behaving program/process can be different on each system.

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista -
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;929135

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

try using a standard WIRED keyboard and see if the problem goes away.

this is a common problem with wireless keyboards, unfortunately.








"Bryn" <> wrote in message news:A3512FFB-C0DE-40E6-B5E8-...
Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I have
been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects the
system while gaming

If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or so
stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds.. then
everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently not
respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...

I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go with
this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the system
when this all started

try using a standard WIRED keyboard and see if the problem goes away.

this is a common problem with wireless keyboards, unfortunately.







"LesleyO " <> wrote in message news:Ozg$...

"Bryn" <> wrote in message
news:A3512FFB-C0DE-40E6-B5E8-...
> Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I
> have
> been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects the
> system while gaming
>
> If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
> characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or
> so
> stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds.. then
> everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
> gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently not
> respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...
>
> I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go
> with
> this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the
> system
> when this all started

I'll be interested in any response you get, as this also happens to me — at
times, not always. I have a wireless keyboard, and at first thought that it
had something to do with the signal being 'blocked' by items on my desk I
have a metal mesh pen holder that I've moved), but that's apparently not the
case. I *have* discovered that if I reboot, the problem seems to disappear
for a time.

My system is also Home Premium, but on an HP a6230n desktop. It's the only
"problem" I've had with Vista, and as I don't game, I can't speak to that
aspect of it. But from the keyboard perspective, it can be quite irritating!

LesleyO

I am on a lapop, not using a wireless keybaord..,

"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> try using a standard WIRED keyboard and see if the problem goes away.
>
> this is a common problem with wireless keyboards, unfortunately.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Bryn" <> wrote in message news:A3512FFB-C0DE-40E6-B5E8-...
> Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I have
> been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects the
> system while gaming
>
> If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
> characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or so
> stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds.. then
> everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
> gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently not
> respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...
>
> I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go with
> this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the system
> when this all started

that would have been my first guess also, but I have been looking at the
performance task manager when it is happening, like now again , and CPU
does not cross 10% utilized, should have lots of free mem also, the box has
4G.. I believe that only 3G is accessable under the version of Vista that I
am running, but still, should be tons avaialable....















































"Malke" wrote:

> LesleyO wrote:
>
> >
> > "Bryn" <> wrote in message
> > news:A3512FFB-C0DE-40E6-B5E8-...
> >> Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I
> >> have
> >> been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects the
> >> system while gaming
> >>
> >> If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
> >> characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or
> >> so
> >> stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds.. then
> >> everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
> >> gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently not
> >> respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...
> >>
> >> I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go
> >> with
> >> this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the
> >> system
> >> when this all started
> >
> > I'll be interested in any response you get, as this also happens to me ?
> > at times, not always. I have a wireless keyboard, and at first thought
> > that it had something to do with the signal being 'blocked' by items on my
> > desk I have a metal mesh pen holder that I've moved), but that's
> > apparently not the case. I *have* discovered that if I reboot, the problem
> > seems to disappear for a time.
> >
> > My system is also Home Premium, but on an HP a6230n desktop. It's the only
> > "problem" I've had with Vista, and as I don't game, I can't speak to that
> > aspect of it. But from the keyboard perspective, it can be quite
> > irritating!
>
> This is caused by some program or process that is running in the background
> taking up CPU cycles. Do clean-boot troubleshooting to find out what it is
> so your can address it directly. Clean-boot troubleshooting consists of
> starting the system with only the basics and then adding back one thing at
> a time until you discover the culprit. You must be systematic in doing this
> because the badly behaving program/process can be different on each system.
>
> How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;929135
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

But I like the clean boot idea.. system is relatively new, got it in
December.. so I was actaully moving towards OS reinstall.. the amout of time
for the clean boots moving up a bit at a time, might just be faster to
reinstall and start over... I do not have that much stuff on it now, so a 1 -
2 day process to get it all back up and running... but good ideas all...

thanks for the input

"Malke" wrote:

> LesleyO wrote:
>
> >
> > "Bryn" <> wrote in message
> > news:A3512FFB-C0DE-40E6-B5E8-...
> >> Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I
> >> have
> >> been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects the
> >> system while gaming
> >>
> >> If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
> >> characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or
> >> so
> >> stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds.. then
> >> everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
> >> gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently not
> >> respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...
> >>
> >> I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go
> >> with
> >> this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the
> >> system
> >> when this all started
> >
> > I'll be interested in any response you get, as this also happens to me ?
> > at times, not always. I have a wireless keyboard, and at first thought
> > that it had something to do with the signal being 'blocked' by items on my
> > desk I have a metal mesh pen holder that I've moved), but that's
> > apparently not the case. I *have* discovered that if I reboot, the problem
> > seems to disappear for a time.
> >
> > My system is also Home Premium, but on an HP a6230n desktop. It's the only
> > "problem" I've had with Vista, and as I don't game, I can't speak to that
> > aspect of it. But from the keyboard perspective, it can be quite
> > irritating!
>
> This is caused by some program or process that is running in the background
> taking up CPU cycles. Do clean-boot troubleshooting to find out what it is
> so your can address it directly. Clean-boot troubleshooting consists of
> starting the system with only the basics and then adding back one thing at
> a time until you discover the culprit. You must be systematic in doing this
> because the badly behaving program/process can be different on each system.
>
> How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;929135
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

only you can determine what is chewing up your processor time.

try eliminating running programs a few at a time to try and tie it down to which one is causing the problem.








"Bryn" <> wrote in message news226BD4E-77E4-4D00-B8B8-...
I am on a lapop, not using a wireless keybaord..,

"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> try using a standard WIRED keyboard and see if the problem goes away.
>
> this is a common problem with wireless keyboards, unfortunately.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Bryn" <> wrote in message news:A3512FFB-C0DE-40E6-B5E8-...
> Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I have
> been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects the
> system while gaming
>
> If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
> characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or so
> stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds.. then
> everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
> gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently not
> respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...
>
> I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go with
> this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the system
> when this all started

"Malke" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> LesleyO wrote:
>
>>
>> "Bryn" <> wrote in message
>> news:A3512FFB-C0DE-40E6-B5E8-...
>>> Running Vista Home Premium on a Dell M1730... in the last week or so I
>>> have
>>> been having an issue with typing on the keyboard... this also affects
>>> the
>>> system while gaming
>>>
>>> If I am in notepad/email client/here typing this now... as I type, the
>>> characters appear normally as you would expect, then every 10 seconds or
>>> so
>>> stop being displayed on the screen... that lasts for a few seconds..
>>> then
>>> everything I have typed in the lag period comes up on the screen. In a
>>> gaming situation, same timing and the keys will either intermittently
>>> not
>>> respond or will "sitck" for few seconds...
>>>
>>> I have uninstalled the Norton Security package but not sure where to go
>>> with
>>> this now... I cannot think of any OS patches or changes I did to the
>>> system
>>> when this all started
>>
>> I'll be interested in any response you get, as this also happens to me ?
>> at times, not always. I have a wireless keyboard, and at first thought
>> that it had something to do with the signal being 'blocked' by items on
>> my
>> desk I have a metal mesh pen holder that I've moved), but that's
>> apparently not the case. I *have* discovered that if I reboot, the
>> problem
>> seems to disappear for a time.
>>
>> My system is also Home Premium, but on an HP a6230n desktop. It's the
>> only
>> "problem" I've had with Vista, and as I don't game, I can't speak to that
>> aspect of it. But from the keyboard perspective, it can be quite
>> irritating!
>
> This is caused by some program or process that is running in the
> background
> taking up CPU cycles. Do clean-boot troubleshooting to find out what it is
> so your can address it directly. Clean-boot troubleshooting consists of
> starting the system with only the basics and then adding back one thing at
> a time until you discover the culprit. You must be systematic in doing
> this
> because the badly behaving program/process can be different on each
> system.
>
> How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows
> Vista -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;929135
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!

Like Bryn, my CPUs are showing only 2% to 5% usage when I'm keyboarding, so
there's nothing much going on at all. Oh, well. It's a small thing and I'm
not going to worry about it, as it's so rare. Certainly not worth the time
to go through the process described, I'm afraid! Thanks, though; if it
becomes more of a problem, at least I'll know what to do.
LesleyO