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TRYING THIs here because i"m trying just about everywhere else and its not really letting me into anything i haven"t already signed into
my computer keeps acting as though the shift key is pressed>
the shift key is not actually pressed> it has in fact been pried up out of the keyboard and flung accross the room< and set on fire>
this is a software issue
CHANGING KEYBOARDS DOES NOT HELP
AVG IS NOT PICKING UP A VIRUS
STICKY KEYS IS NOT ENABLED>
THE DEFAULT LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH
TURNING ON THE ON SCREEN KEYBOARD FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR NO LONGER WORKS
TURNING DEFAULT LANGUAGE TO SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN BACK TO ENGLISH DID NOT WORK>
SYSTEM RESTORE DID NOT WORK
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Have you tried kicking or hitting it. Have you cursed, yelled, or pleaded with it.
What about torching the rest of it, just to even things out.
Do you have any plucky thirteen year old hackers living nearby that aren't cast in the next Jurassic World movie.
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nothing on the device manager
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really weird...
TURNING ON the on screen keyboard will fix it for a few seconds but then the " KEY BECOMES '
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Perhaps it's a corrupted driver
uninstall the driver for the key board.
shut down the computer
When you restart, it will probably find and reinstall the driver correctly.
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Have you considered exorcism?
(sorry, no idea beyond what was already stated)
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* What version of Windows are you running?
STICKY KEYS IS NOT ENABLED
* Have you visually confirmed that Sticky Keys and Filter Keys are both turned off under Ease of Access?
* Under Device Manager, open the properties for your current keyboard, and under the Power Management tab make sure the option for "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" is turned off/unchecked.
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I'm going to assume you are running Windows because I see similar problems on Windows and have never heard of it happening on OS X or Linux.
Occasionally, Windows starts thinking one of the modifier keys is pressed. Usually for me it's the ALT key, but I have seen it think it's SHIFT.
The culprit does tend to be Sticky Keys getting turned on via one of the magic keystrokes even if Sticky Keys itself is disabled. It was more common under Windows 7 and 8.x than Windows 10. I recommend you actually go into the Sticky Keys settings and explicitly turn everything off, especially the "Turn on Sticky Keys when SHIFT Is pressed five times" and "Lock modifier keys when pressed twice in a row" settings.
Note that one of the options there is "Turn off Sticky Keys when two keys are pressed at once". That you might want to leave checked so that you can undo Sticky Keys in case it does turn itself back on.
This is one of the most annoying and buggy UI aspects of Windows.
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Everything is off Under the stick keys settings> both sticky keys and the ability to turn it off or on when the keys are pressed>
I would still try the method to turn if off (by hitting two keys at once...and enable that option).
Ease of Access and Sticky Keys is buggy. It does seem to get turned on even if it's disabled.
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No Go on a driver reinstall fixing it
On a more pOSitive note< i just found out that the computer has a langUAge imput for star WARs basic As a language oPtion
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Hmm. Is the random capitalization in your message an actual thing, meaning, you'll be typing and then you'll randomly get a capital letter or two (or four or whatever)?
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yes. its eVen futzing wiTh the on screen keyboard.
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I stand by my earlier suggestion... Though it might need a full-scale banishment...
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OK. Not Sticky Keys then. This sounds an issue on the USB bus, likely erratic signaling, or two devices conflicting with one another. But it could also be a power issue.
Things to try:
1. Move the keyboard to a different port. Ideally move it to a different root hub on your system (use Device Manager to view your devices, go to "View" and select "Devices By Connection"). The USB busses will show up under the tree that looks something like "ACPI based PC" -> "PCI Express" or "PCIe Root". You'll see one or more USB host controllers. You want the keyboard input device to change root hubs if you have more than one. If you don't, then this may not get you anywhere
2. Remove USB peripherals that you don't need, one at a time, until the problem goes away. If you get down to just keyboard and mouse and still have issues, try replacing the mouse.
3. If you are using a wireless keyboard or mouse, switch to hard wired for both.
4. Try a Bluetooth keyboard if you have one, though most BT controllers route through a USB hub so this may not help.
If none of these things work, you are getting to a more esoteric problem. Either a power management problem (the bus running in a low power state, maybe), or a corrupted driver on another USB peripheral causing issues on the bus.
A way to isolate that would be to try booting a LiveCD image of a Linux image. (Don't do an install of course, just the "try Linux" mode). If the keyboard is still erratic then you know it isn't a Windows issue, but a hardware issue.
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un installed and re installed mouse driver. Its working for the moment (but then lots of things worked for a few minutes)
fingers crossed
and thank you all. i love this place
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Keyboard not connected. Press <enter> to continue.
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Have you considered exorcism?
Holy water burns something bad. Probably not good for the computer either.
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That would solve the problem with capital keys popping in. Sorta. They would not pop in unexpectedly, that's a win, right?
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Replace the batteries in the wireless keyboard / mouse / anything else that is connected to the computer. That might be causing an issue.
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AAAND its back>
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Open the start menu, type cmd and open it as administrator (it will open a command prompt). If you are on Windows 10, you can right-click the start button instead to get a menu which includes "Command Prompt (Administrator)"
Once open, type the following: sfc /scannow
This may take an hour or so to complete; you can continue working in the meantime. It scans your system files for errors and corruption and repairs them if possible. If it reports any kind of error that it cannot repair, please take a screenshot or make a note of the exact text that it displayed so we can assist you further. If it successfully made repairs, you will need to reboot your computer to make them take effect.
If it did not find anything, try a cold boot. There are two ways of doing this:
1. Disable Fast Boot in your settings, then reboot. You can turn it back on afterwards.
2. In an elevated command prompt (run as administrator), type: shutdown /r /t 0
If that still doesn't work, report back and I'll try to figure out something's else. Please give as many details as you can about your computer in this case:
1. What OS and version are you running? E.g. Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Windows 10 Creators Update
2. Is your OS 32-bit or 64-bit?
3. What CPU do you have?
4. What keyboard(s) is this happening with (brand names)?
(You can get most of this stuff from the system info screen in Settings)
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I remember this being a random problem when PS2 keyboards were still a thing. Are you still using a PS2 keyboard? Switching to USB might help.
oddly enough i switched from a USB keyboard to a PS2 keyboard and it seems to be working
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That suggest there is something wrong with USB Bus...
Why it would affect onscreen keyboard, though?
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Concur it's a USB bus issue.
The onscreen keyboard is done via the touchscreen, which is probably a USB HID device. In other words, the touch screen is attached to the bus.
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What if it not a touch screen but merely an onscreen keyboard that is clicked with the mouse pointer (the first thing that I considered when speaking about on-screen keyboard, not that touchy thingie...)
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it was an on screen touch with the mouse style keyboard
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What if it not a touch screen but merely an onscreen keyboard that is clicked with the mouse pointer (the first thing that I considered when speaking about on-screen keyboard, not that touchy thingie...)
I think these still route to the generic keyboard HID device, which use a virtual bus. But, it does suggest the possibility that the generic HID driver itself has become corrupt, which is something I hadn't considered before (but should have).
You can try removing the "HID Keyboard Device" driver and rebooting. Windows should automatically detect the keyboard when it comes back and install the driver anew from the Windows install package archive. Make sure to check "Delete the driver software for this device" if you are presented with that option.
Only remove the keyboard listed as "HID Keyboard Device". You may see multiple ones listed. Uninstalling just one should do it, but you may have to remove all of them. I've never tried doing it myself so I am not sure how Windows will behave.