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nicolamonaca · 11-11-2009, 11:05 AM

Hi guys, since a couple of days i'm experiencing a tedious problem with some of the buttons of my keyboard not working as expected. These are "u", "i", "o", "p", "j", "k", "l" and "m"; they print a different character from what they should do. The strange thing is, i' ve used the pc w/ W7 for a while without problems. Suddenly I switched the pc on and I found the problem. Actually i'm using the on-screen keyboard but writing is waaaay boring and slow. I' ve tried no solutions yet. Maybe something messed up with the settings? Will you help me? Thanks in advance! :wink:

juan david · 11-11-2009, 04:18 PM

It seems you have the num lock activated, the characters you get when you press the keys are numbers? is so just press fn+num lock key (i dont remember where it is exactly but it should be over the number keys) and it will go back to normal.

nicolamonaca · 11-11-2009, 08:23 PM

Oh yes, they are! And there is also a star (*). However i'll try deactivating the num lock...i wouldn't have never figured out the solution was so simple! Have a nice day, mate!

nicolamonaca · 11-12-2009, 08:50 AM

It worked, thanks!

11-11-2009, 11:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
nicolamonaca Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3	Some buttons aren't working properly under Windows 7 Hi guys, since a couple of days i'm experiencing a tedious problem with some of the buttons of my keyboard not working as expected. These are "u", "i", "o", "p", "j", "k", "l" and "m"; they print a different character from what they should do. The strange thing is, i' ve used the pc w/ W7 for a while without problems. Suddenly I switched the pc on and I found the problem. Actually i'm using the on-screen keyboard but writing is waaaay boring and slow. I' ve tried no solutions yet. Maybe something messed up with the settings? Will you help me? Thanks in advance! :wink:

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11-11-2009, 04:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
juan david Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 147	It seems you have the num lock activated, the characters you get when you press the keys are numbers? is so just press fn+num lock key (i dont remember where it is exactly but it should be over the number keys) and it will go back to normal.

11-11-2009, 08:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
nicolamonaca Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3	Oh yes, they are! And there is also a star (*). However i'll try deactivating the num lock...i wouldn't have never figured out the solution was so simple! Have a nice day, mate!

11-12-2009, 08:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
nicolamonaca Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3	It worked, thanks!