I'm having a hard time with a "stuck" left shift key.
my sister complained she is getting symbols instead of numbers using her netbook.
after some time I fired up the on screen keyboard (winr+r>"osk")
and to my surprise, the left shift key was in some kind of toggle mode.
since then I'm trying to inject registry keys to disable accessibility futures like stickykeys etc. to no avail.
tough luck all http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/Windows-vista/disable-the-irritating-sticky-filter-keys-popup-dialogs/ check box are disabled
What's going on? How can I fix this?
Operating system is Windows 7 Home Premium, SP1.
Best Answer
Boot to another operating system of your choice (DSL is small), and see if the shift key works as expected. If not, you have a hardware problem (crumbs/soup/coke/coffee in the keyboard?)
Also, if you have a field in your BIOS that lets you type and reflects shift-state, you can use that to test instead of booting to another OS.