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Hi
I have a Sony VAIO laptop running Windows XP. I was using it last night
when, without warning, some of the keys started to produce wrong
characters when typing. These errors are consistent in all programs
when running XP, except that I can log on with a password that uses
some of the affected keys when I turn on the laptop (but not after
hibernation) and all the keys work consistently accurately if I use a
text editor when logged on in Safe mode... suggesting it isn't a
hardware fault but something that's corrupted in XP itself.
I have tried the following without success: uninstalling the keyboard
drivers via the Device Manager; installing new copies of i8042prt.sys,
kbdclass.sys and isapnp.sys from another Windows XP machine; and
booting after running MSConfig and selecting Diagnostic Startup.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks
Badger
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Badger
Hi
I have a Sony VAIO laptop running Windows XP. I was using it last night
when, without warning, some of the keys started to produce wrong
characters when typing. These errors are consistent in all programs
when running XP, except that I can log on with a password that uses
some of the affected keys when I turn on the laptop (but not after
hibernation) and all the keys work consistently accurately if I use a
text editor when logged on in Safe mode... suggesting it isn't a
hardware fault but something that's corrupted in XP itself.
I have tried the following without success: uninstalling the keyboard
drivers via the Device Manager; installing new copies of i8042prt.sys,
kbdclass.sys and isapnp.sys from another Windows XP machine; and
booting after running MSConfig and selecting Diagnostic Startup.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks
Badger
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Badger