Help= me, p=lease, my keyboard has gone crazy, and I can-'t figure out what to do

June 5, 2007 | Self

[Tanniker Smith]

One: I just farted in your general direction.
Two: See #1

< grin >

And don't forget

One: His mother was a hamster!
Two: His father smelled of elderberries!

[HOTTIEBOY]

LOL

[JB in Whitefish]

and indicate you’ve waited WAY too long between restroom visits...!!!

[JB in Whitefish]

Take a very powerful magnet and rub down your computer screen....works on ALL kinds...playing Iron Butterfly in the background while burning joss sticks is ALSO a nice touch.

Then, if the weird characters are STILL showing up, get yourself some whiteout and apply liberally to the screen as necessary....

[JB in Whitefish]

I spilled milk on one of those “soft” laptop keyboards once and ALL the F’n keys wuz broke after that....!!!

[Lurker]

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[sageb1]

I just got a new keyboard after spilling an entire bottle of ginger ale on my other one.

I think I can salvage the old one, though. I poured hot water on it a few times to keep the keys from sticking, which worked somewhat. A techie here at FR told me I could put it in my dishwasher, but not to let it go through the drying cycle. If I had a dishwasher, I’d try it.

[3AngelaD]

That comes out ?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|?| See my p=roblem?|

[JB in Whitefish]

“I just got a new keyboard after spilling an entire bottle of ginger ale on my other one.”

Just add a slice of lime and some Bacardi.....problem SOLVED.

[Lurker]

Hold down Fn and Numlock at the same time.

See if that helps.

L

[3AngelaD]

Been there and done that. It directs the comp=uter to go into hiberation mode.

[doorgunner69]

That HAS to be some DUmmie in his basement!

[Publius6961]

Two: It was directed at the wrong person. Publius6961 did not start this thread. 3AngelaD did.

Thank you for your well-intentioned defense.

I was so busy laughing I couldn't see my keyboard (which is working fine. And is not a laptop)...

[Publius6961]

Lesson #1...

Computerized puppy toilet-training courses never work.

Just sayin'...

[Equality 7-2521]

Three: 3AngelaD clearly did say it was a VAIO laptop. What’s wrong with your reading comprehension, calex59?

[robertpaulsen]

Get into DOS. Type “format C:” Answer yes to everything.

[r9etb]

That pic makes me ill every time I see it...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

On a laptop that is giving you mathematical symbols when letters are pressed....look for the little light that indicates the “function” key (or similar) has been pressed and locked on. This will give alternate symbols when letter keys are pressed. This is so you can use the keyboard as a number pad for programs like Excel or others when mathematical notation is useful.

[Smokin' Joe]

Maybe this will be of some help. fixya

[agent_delta]

Personally, I would call tech support - but I hope posting @ FR is equally fruitful for you.

rolling=eyes