Caps Lock problem

[Guest 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!

[Guest RajKohli]

RE: Caps Lock problem

 

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!

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Caps Lock problem

 

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)

[Guest Austruck]

RE: Caps Lock problem

 

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!

[Guest RajKohli]

RE: Caps Lock problem

 

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!

[Guest Plato]

Re: Caps Lock problem

 

=?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.

[Guest Plato]

Re: Caps Lock problem

 

=?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.

 

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