repeating character

Does anybody know how to fix a character "{}]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]." that keeps on repeating.?]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]. Like that.]]]]] ]]]]]]].] it usually ]rep]eats off the cursor. i have]]]]]]]]]]]]] a compaq presario laptop with windows xp.

thanks.]]]]]]]]]]]]]]].]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]

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alnhrs
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Keyboard.

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Homer J Simpson

WD40?

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Charles Schuler

Can anything be done about a shorted out key? The bad key wont type anything..except when it starts repeating. i have a laptop so cant get a new keyboard..]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]. here it goes again.

thanks.

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alnhrs

i have a laptop.. cant get a new keyboard.

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alnhrs

A drop of WD40 can't hurt. Try it ... what have you got to lose???????????????????????????????????????????

Reply to
Charles Schuler

Have it cleaned or repaired.

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Homer J Simpson

It can

The keyboard.

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Homer J Simpson

BIG TIME!

Or more! And yes you can replace the keyboard on a laptop.

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Jackson

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote in news:1173562694.128147.318270 @t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:

1) Most laptops will accept an external keyboard. A USB keyboard should work for most modern laptops. 2) bad keyboards can be replaced. a) get a new keyboard from the company. b) look for a keyboard for your model on e-bay c) look for a broken laptop of the same model. Perhaps a broken screen. You may be able to pick one up cheap. 3) some keyboard problems can be cleared up by putting the laptop on its side and cleaning the keyboard well with a typewriter cleaning brush.

Good luck.

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bz

Why not a new keyboard? What make and model is it?

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PeterD

Try another keyboard.

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JANA

I would be surprised if the laptop in question didn't use a membrane keypad. I haven't seen a membrane keyboard fail with a shorted key but it may be possible. WD40 is the last thing you would use on this type of keyboard.

Perhaps the OP can open up the laptop and determine (if possible) the type of keypad it uses.

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Ross Herbert

Blow compressed air. Use an external keyboard.

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Buck Turgidson

I had an Armada that would generate "Backspace" randomly. Really irritating. No amount of cleaning would make any difference.

Finally, I downloaded a remapping program and turned the backspace key off. I then assigned F12 to send a backspace when pressed. Worked good except when using remote desktop to control another computer. The F12 wouldn't send a backspace on the other end. I can't remember the name of the program though, sorry. I remember downloading two or three till I found one I liked. It worked niceley. You could start here:

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Anthony Fremont

Compaq Presario 2200 Keyboards cost =A339 + VAT in the UK. Diiferent models are different prices.

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contrex

You keep saying that you can't get a new keyboard because it's a laptop. This is most probably not true. On most laptops the keyboard is removable; on the 2 DELL Latitudes I have it's almost trivial to replace the keyboard. Try searching for your-laptop-model keyboard and see if any vendors sell replacement keyboards for it.

Jerry

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Jerry Peters

It could attack the plastic. I use silicone spray for sticky keys on my trusty IBM desktop keyboard. (20 years old and still going!) More than likely this won't help the OP, though.

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JW

th]anks] for ]t]e h]el]]]p.

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alnhrs

th]an]]k]s for t]e help

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alnhrs

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