Period key

I'm having problems with my laptop. It seems as if any time I try to type
anything, there is a period between every letter. I keep having to use the
backspace key to delete it. It's very annoying. I can't search online because
even if I don't touch the period key, it seems to just get stuck and the
periods go on forever. Restarting the computer doesn't work.

Help!

lwilt wrote:
> I'm having problems with my laptop. It seems as if any time I try to type
> anything, there is a period between every letter. I keep having to use the
> backspace key to delete it. It's very annoying. I can't search online because
> even if I don't touch the period key, it seems to just get stuck and the
> periods go on forever. Restarting the computer doesn't work.
>
> Help!


What happens when you try a different keyboard?

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Make sure the key isn't stuck "down". You might even try prying it of
and try to clean it

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lwilt,
Update your virus checker.
Run your virus checker.
Karl
"lwilt" <> wrote in message news:1999728A-0EE2-4A9A-9821-...
I'm having problems with my laptop. It seems as if any time I try to type
anything, there is a period between every letter. I keep having to use the
backspace key to delete it. It's very annoying. I can't search online because
even if I don't touch the period key, it seems to just get stuck and the
periods go on forever. Restarting the computer doesn't work.

Help!

Karl Snooks wrote:
> lwilt,
> Update your virus checker.
> Run your virus checker.


I'd have to ask, "Why?" Granted, one should always have cuurent virus
definition files and perform period scans, but I've seen no reports of a
new "Period" virus. So why attribute what is almost certainly a simple
hardware (and/or associated device driver) issue to a virus?


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Bruce Chambers

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http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot