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Taryn
Posted on 03-30-13 03:09 AM Link | ID: 32332
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Every so often, with no warning, my computer acts up in a peculiar way: the entire keyboard is disabled, and clicking on taskbar buttons will cause a new window of that program to open rather than switching to the existing window.

At first I thought it was DOSbox, since I had been running DOSbox the first few times it happened, but now it's been happening on its own without DOSbox running at all. It started happening about a month ago when I moved to the new apartment.

Seriously, what the actual fuck is going on, and can it be fixed?

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Ninji
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That almost sounds to me like some key is stuck. Try pressing and releasing all the modifier keys (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Windows, Menu) on both sides of the keyboard. Separately, of course, not all at once!



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Taryn
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Actually, that could be. I got a new wireless keyboard recently, maybe either something gets stuck as you said, or the signal is being upfucked somehow. Is there a particular modifier key that does that with the taskbar?

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Shift, it seems.


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Have you checked to see if StickyKeys is enabled? It's a Windows accessibility "feature" that makes modifier keys into toggle switches.

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Nope, StickyKeys is disabled, and so is its moronic shortcut combination that always fucks me up when I'm playing pinball games in DOSbox ^_~

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Yeah, my brand-new computer came with a wireless keyboard/mouse - sometimes keys would stick or repeat :S Decided to put it away and just use the old wired keyboard/mouse from my old computer :) (you can probably still buy wired keyboard/mice online?)


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Wireless keyboards are notorious for keys sticking or not registering, actually. They go into this "sleep mode" if you leave them alone for so much as five seconds. They're not suitable for gaming at all. They're only good for office "productivity".

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Posted by GreyMaria
productivity

Hahaha. You can't be productive with wireless keyboards. Not by a large margin.

I have enough experience to say that wireless keyboards and mice aren't worth the money. Just stick with wired peripherals.


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I have a wireless mouse that is actually really damn excellent. Especially for gaming.

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I would have got a wired keyboard if they sold the things. But I wasn't able to find any, and at the time I needed one ASAP and couldn't wait for shipping from an online order.

Wireless mice look weird to me, too. Like, where's the tail?

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Wired peripherals in general are getting harder to find... I dunno, I don't see the point of having to worry about charging a battery for something that's going to live on a desk its entire life anyway. (I suppose this could be fixed with an inductive charging mousepad, but it starts to feel silly)


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I've had few problems with my wireless Logitech mouse/keyboard so far.


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