Windows 7 Pro 64Bit is Eating Some Keystrokes

[defyal]

Hi,

Today I had a power cut whilst using my PC, since then certain keys don't work. These are 1-6, r... and a couple of others I can't remember (sorry). The 1-6 also doesn't work from the numpad.

I have tried a different keyboard and the on-screen keyboard, both give the same result But here's the interesting part, if I login as my admin user on the same machine, all keys work fine So it appears to be an issue with my Limited user account.

I've tried changing my keyboard region settings to US, but I had the same issue. I can't perform a system restore as I don't have it running and I can't restore from my backup as I've discovered it hasn't been backing up for the last few months

One solution would be to create a new limited user account, but in the past after a re-install it takes me a couple of weeks to get my user account configured exactly the way I like it. All those minor config changes you forget about in various applications. So I'm hoping their's an easier way

Does anyone know how I can reset the keyboard key bindings for my user account, or any other suggestions. I'm at a complete loss here, never come across this before.

Thank you in advance,
D

 

[Nisdec]

Are you using a PS2 or USB keyboard?

EDIT: I'm asking that, because ps2 and usb are using different keyboard-protocols to recognize the keystrokes and have different entries in the registry section.

 

[ggbroughton]

if someone can find out where this registry entry is i would be happy to give a download for it