Re: Keyboard Malfunction

"Olórin" <incanus@erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message news:...
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> "truevirgo61" <truevirgo61@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BE8F7F91-1082-4678-AE48-A50880C0EB16@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Im having a some minor problems with my keyboard. The spacebar, the
>> delete
>> key, and both the comma/quotation, and semi-colon/colon key have gone
>> dead on
>> my Toshiba Satellite 10 laptop. Have no idea what has happened and any
>> attempts I've
>> made to get to the bottom of the problem haven't been successful.
>>
>> Prior to the keys go dead, there was a moan from the laptop. The fan is
>> working, so
>> I have no idea what that moan was. That being said, I think the probem
>> has
>> originated in my MS Word app. or I might be having a problem with BIOS.
>> I
>> have seen the dreaded blue screen a couple of times this week before the
>> keyboard went
>> down. My on screen seems to be working fine, and Im curious about that.
>>
>> Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, and pointing me in the right
>> direction to fix this problem will be greatly appreciated. Ive already
>> heard
>> buy a new keyboard and it is good advice, but Ive been told that changing
>> individual keys is the worst case scenario. Somebody mentioned that
>> there is
>> padding under the keys that wears down but I don't really think that is
>> where
>> my problem lies.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best Regards
>
> What specifically makes you suspect a connection with Word or the BIOS?
> What did the blue screen say? What do you mean by your "on screen" working
> fine?
>
> Have a look in the Event Logs (Start > Run > eventvwr.msc) for any
> relevant alerts (relevant by timing or content).
>
> Is there a chance that someone could have spilled something on the
> keyboard without telling you?
>

Oh, and I've just noticed that you're also posting the same problem
separately (multiposting) to at least the windowsxp.general group. Please
crosspost instead of multiposting (viz post with all the (hopefully few)
groups you wish to address grouped together in the "Newsgroups" or "To"
field).