Ever See this Stange Keyboard Behaviour?

[dabineri]

Two days ago my DELETE key started moving up two lines and deleting three characters instead of just deleting what I had intended to. I figured the keyboard had gone bad so I substituted another and the same thing happened. So then I thought perhaps the ps2 port was bad so I hooked up a USB keyboard and it did exactly the same thing. I downloaded a keyboard testing program and all the keys except the delete key seem to be correctly recognized (I am using the keyboard right now). So next I scanned for viruses and spyware and while it found some spyware and removed it, nothing changed. So, now I am looking for someone who might have some insights into this problem. I really need my delete key!
Thanks for any advice you can offer. David Abineri

 

[franklin97355]

Since you've changed the hardware have you checked the software you are using?

The answer is "42

 

[dabineri]

Sorry, forgot to mention that the problem occurs in Word, Notepad, Visual Basic, Writing an email. It seems to be software independent. Except for WINDOWS which of course is behind everything. I did remove the keyboard from the hardware manager and let it reinstall but this did not affect the situation.

"42" may be the answer!

David Abineri

 

[dglienna]

Try a different keyboard, first off. That sounds like a short in your keyboard.

-David
2006 Microsoft Valueable Professional (MVP)
2006 Dell Certified System Professional (CSP)

 

[dabineri]

Please see my original post to see what lead to this question showin up her.

Thanks, David Abineri

 

[Freestone]

It sounds as if you (or a prankster officemate) have installed a keyboard macro. You could try running HijackThis from

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

and post its log here. Maybe one of us will see something.

 

[dabineri]

Thanks, I will try this. I am the only one using this computer, however.

David Abineri

 

[dabineri]

Sorry for wasting your time! After doing the HijackThis and looking at the log, I was reminded that I have QuickKeys and, when I looked, there was an inadvertent macro assigned to the Delete key.

Thanks for the responses! David Abineri