Last night there were a bunch of people at my house and a few of them them were using my computer and somewhere along the line someone must have did something to screw it up. It now seems that my computer thinks the CTRL key is being held down. Everytime I click on something or press a button, my computer acts as if the CTRL button is pressed. Maybe Im missing something simple but for the life of me I cant figure out why its doing this. Plus it worked fine that morning. I am using windows XP home and have a microsoft natural 6000 wireless keyboard and mouse. Here are the things I've tried:
pressing the ctrl key
pressing both ctrl keys together
holing the crtl key (s) for few seconds
Virus and spyware - both clean
I unistalled the Intellipoint/type software
Played with accessibility options
rebooted many times by itself and after making any changes
reinstalled drivers
tryed a different keyboard and mouse - both USB and ps/2
Sticky keys is also unchecked. Nothing has worked. What else can I do? Its driving me crazy and my computer is basically useless right now. Also, as a side note, I opened MS word this morning and I got a warning saying "Word has detected you are holding down the CTRL key. Do you want to stard Word in safe mode?" I guess that pretty much confirms that my computer thinks I have the key held down. I have also tried using the system restore, however, it will not allow me to click on an earlier date. I click on a date and nothing happens. Your help is greatly apprieciated.
pressing the ctrl key
pressing both ctrl keys together
holing the crtl key (s) for few seconds
Virus and spyware - both clean
I unistalled the Intellipoint/type software
Played with accessibility options
rebooted many times by itself and after making any changes
reinstalled drivers
tryed a different keyboard and mouse - both USB and ps/2
Sticky keys is also unchecked. Nothing has worked. What else can I do? Its driving me crazy and my computer is basically useless right now. Also, as a side note, I opened MS word this morning and I got a warning saying "Word has detected you are holding down the CTRL key. Do you want to stard Word in safe mode?" I guess that pretty much confirms that my computer thinks I have the key held down. I have also tried using the system restore, however, it will not allow me to click on an earlier date. I click on a date and nothing happens. Your help is greatly apprieciated.