Caps Lock problem

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Austruck

My stepdaughter has a problem on her HP laptop. She thinks she hit a weird
key combination that has now done a sort of permanent "caps lock" to ALL her
keys, not just the letters. This includes the numbers and symbols, which are
all now showing up as opposite of what they normally are (as if she were
holding the shift key down all the time). Rebooting doesn't get rid of it.
It's happening in all programs, whenever she types.

Other symptoms:

-- Holding the shift key down doesn't change anything.
-- Holding the Caps Lock key down changes the letters to lowercase but
doesn't fix the number keys or punctuation keys.

She's trying to find out what key combination she could have hit that would
have done this ... and, of course, how she can change it back. She cannot
type numbers at all now, not even embedded ones using the Function key.

THANKS for anything that can point us in the direction of a solution!
 
May be she has turned on the Sticky Key function. Try this:

1. Click Start - Control Panel
2. Accessibility options
3. Uncheck "Sticky Key" option.

Pressing Left Shift key 5 times turned on this option automatically (but
asked for permission). This shortcut can also be disable by clicking on
Settings button and unchecking Use Shortcut option in Accessibility Options.

Hope this help, let us know!

"Austruck" wrote:

> My stepdaughter has a problem on her HP laptop. She thinks she hit a weird
> key combination that has now done a sort of permanent "caps lock" to ALL her
> keys, not just the letters. This includes the numbers and symbols, which are
> all now showing up as opposite of what they normally are (as if she were
> holding the shift key down all the time). Rebooting doesn't get rid of it.
> It's happening in all programs, whenever she types.
>
> Other symptoms:
>
> -- Holding the shift key down doesn't change anything.
> -- Holding the Caps Lock key down changes the letters to lowercase but
> doesn't fix the number keys or punctuation keys.
>
> She's trying to find out what key combination she could have hit that would
> have done this ... and, of course, how she can change it back. She cannot
> type numbers at all now, not even embedded ones using the Function key.
>
> THANKS for anything that can point us in the direction of a solution!
 
Austruck wrote:
> My stepdaughter has a problem on her HP laptop. She thinks she hit a weird
> key combination that has now done a sort of permanent "caps lock" to ALL her
> keys, not just the letters. This includes the numbers and symbols, which are
> all now showing up as opposite of what they normally are (as if she were
> holding the shift key down all the time). Rebooting doesn't get rid of it.
> It's happening in all programs, whenever she types.
>
> Other symptoms:
>
> -- Holding the shift key down doesn't change anything.
> -- Holding the Caps Lock key down changes the letters to lowercase but
> doesn't fix the number keys or punctuation keys.
>
> She's trying to find out what key combination she could have hit that would
> have done this ... and, of course, how she can change it back. She cannot
> type numbers at all now, not even embedded ones using the Function key.
>
> THANKS for anything that can point us in the direction of a solution!

She could try the Fn key with CapsLock, or any key that has blue text.
Watch the LEDs above the keyboard; when she's hit the right combination,
one LED will go out. Or she can just look to see which LED is lit, and
look up that keyboard mode in the documentation that came with the laptop.

hth,

--
Joe =o)
 
I'll show her this after she gets home from work later. One question in the
meantime, though. Wouldn't rebooting the computer get rid of a sticky keys
problem like this? Rebooting doesn't fix her problem. Right now she can't
type numbers at all!

We'll see if this gets her out of a jam, though! I'll report back.


"RajKohli" wrote:

> May be she has turned on the Sticky Key function. Try this:
>
> 1. Click Start - Control Panel
> 2. Accessibility options
> 3. Uncheck "Sticky Key" option.
>
> Pressing Left Shift key 5 times turned on this option automatically (but
> asked for permission). This shortcut can also be disable by clicking on
> Settings button and unchecking Use Shortcut option in Accessibility Options.
>
> Hope this help, let us know!
>
> "Austruck" wrote:
>
> > My stepdaughter has a problem on her HP laptop. She thinks she hit a weird
> > key combination that has now done a sort of permanent "caps lock" to ALL her
> > keys, not just the letters. This includes the numbers and symbols, which are
> > all now showing up as opposite of what they normally are (as if she were
> > holding the shift key down all the time). Rebooting doesn't get rid of it.
> > It's happening in all programs, whenever she types.
> >
> > Other symptoms:
> >
> > -- Holding the shift key down doesn't change anything.
> > -- Holding the Caps Lock key down changes the letters to lowercase but
> > doesn't fix the number keys or punctuation keys.
> >
> > She's trying to find out what key combination she could have hit that would
> > have done this ... and, of course, how she can change it back. She cannot
> > type numbers at all now, not even embedded ones using the Function key.
> >
> > THANKS for anything that can point us in the direction of a solution!
 
If the problem is related to STicky Key then just rebooting will not solve
the problem as you have to uncheck the option.

Let us know!

"Austruck" wrote:

> I'll show her this after she gets home from work later. One question in the
> meantime, though. Wouldn't rebooting the computer get rid of a sticky keys
> problem like this? Rebooting doesn't fix her problem. Right now she can't
> type numbers at all!
>
> We'll see if this gets her out of a jam, though! I'll report back.
>
>
> "RajKohli" wrote:
>
> > May be she has turned on the Sticky Key function. Try this:
> >
> > 1. Click Start - Control Panel
> > 2. Accessibility options
> > 3. Uncheck "Sticky Key" option.
> >
> > Pressing Left Shift key 5 times turned on this option automatically (but
> > asked for permission). This shortcut can also be disable by clicking on
> > Settings button and unchecking Use Shortcut option in Accessibility Options.
> >
> > Hope this help, let us know!
> >
> > "Austruck" wrote:
> >
> > > My stepdaughter has a problem on her HP laptop. She thinks she hit a weird
> > > key combination that has now done a sort of permanent "caps lock" to ALL her
> > > keys, not just the letters. This includes the numbers and symbols, which are
> > > all now showing up as opposite of what they normally are (as if she were
> > > holding the shift key down all the time). Rebooting doesn't get rid of it.
> > > It's happening in all programs, whenever she types.
> > >
> > > Other symptoms:
> > >
> > > -- Holding the shift key down doesn't change anything.
> > > -- Holding the Caps Lock key down changes the letters to lowercase but
> > > doesn't fix the number keys or punctuation keys.
> > >
> > > She's trying to find out what key combination she could have hit that would
> > > have done this ... and, of course, how she can change it back. She cannot
> > > type numbers at all now, not even embedded ones using the Function key.
> > >
> > > THANKS for anything that can point us in the direction of a solution!
 
=?Utf-8?B?QXVzdHJ1Y2s=?= wrote:
>

ps there is a circuit board under the keys on your keyboard. Perhaps,
just a drop of wine or ice tea can phark that circuit.
 
=?Utf-8?B?QXVzdHJ1Y2s=?= wrote:
>
> My stepdaughter has a problem on her HP laptop. She thinks she hit a weird
> key combination that has now done a sort of permanent "caps lock" to ALL her

Sometimes its just a keyboard gone bad. This has happened to me on
several occations. That's why I keep a few spare keyboards around.

--
http://www.bootdisk.com/
 
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