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Guest Faerie_Knight
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I have a very embarrassing question... Is it possible to reasign the keys one

a keyboard? I spilled some water on it, and now some of the keys are

mis-assigned. For example, here is me typing the numbers one through zero

using the keys at the top of the keypad: 1,2,83,54,5,7,7,8,9,0

 

Yes, that was a single keypress in sequence. And no I have no idea why the

number eight also showed up when I pressed three. My spacebar also got

mis-assigned. Instead of space, it opens a search window now. I am doing all

the spaces in this post using the on-screen keyboard accessibility program.

 

Any constructive advice would be appreciated.

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Guest Bob I
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Re: Keyboard key reassignment?

 

If it doesn't "heal" itself after it dries out, it will have to be replaced.

 

Faerie_Knight wrote:

> I have a very embarrassing question... Is it possible to reasign the keys one

> a keyboard? I spilled some water on it, and now some of the keys are

> mis-assigned. For example, here is me typing the numbers one through zero

> using the keys at the top of the keypad: 1,2,83,54,5,7,7,8,9,0

>

> Yes, that was a single keypress in sequence. And no I have no idea why the

> number eight also showed up when I pressed three. My spacebar also got

> mis-assigned. Instead of space, it opens a search window now. I am doing all

> the spaces in this post using the on-screen keyboard accessibility program.

>

> Any constructive advice would be appreciated.

Guest Bill Sharpe
Posted

Re: Keyboard key reassignment?

 

Faerie_Knight wrote:

> I have a very embarrassing question... Is it possible to reasign the keys one

> a keyboard? I spilled some water on it, and now some of the keys are

> mis-assigned. For example, here is me typing the numbers one through zero

> using the keys at the top of the keypad: 1,2,83,54,5,7,7,8,9,0

>

> Yes, that was a single keypress in sequence. And no I have no idea why the

> number eight also showed up when I pressed three. My spacebar also got

> mis-assigned. Instead of space, it opens a search window now. I am doing all

> the spaces in this post using the on-screen keyboard accessibility program.

>

> Any constructive advice would be appreciated.

Sharpkeys is a nice free keyboard reassignment program. You could

perhaps use the numeric keypad on the right side of your keyboard to

enter numbers, but the spacebar remains a problem.

 

Keyboards are relatively cheap. If a dry out doesn't help, I'd agree

with the poster who suggested replacing it.

 

Bill

Guest Ken Blake, MVP
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Re: Keyboard key reassignment?

 

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:29:03 -0700, Faerie_Knight

<Faerie_Knight@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have a very embarrassing question... Is it possible to reasign the keys one

> a keyboard? I spilled some water on it, and now some of the keys are

> mis-assigned. For example, here is me typing the numbers one through zero

> using the keys at the top of the keypad: 1,2,83,54,5,7,7,8,9,0

>

> Yes, that was a single keypress in sequence. And no I have no idea why the

> number eight also showed up when I pressed three. My spacebar also got

> mis-assigned. Instead of space, it opens a search window now. I am doing all

> the spaces in this post using the on-screen keyboard accessibility program.

>

> Any constructive advice would be appreciated.

 

 

Assuming that this is a desktop, you can buy a new keyboard for under

$10 US. If yours isn't working correctly, I would simply replace it.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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