keeeeeeeeeeeeeey brokyn

esureteeeeyn eeeeeveowal beeuetteon eduz note reasponed eto eeetaeppin g , eebut veowal deuz pop ueeeeeeeee uneeconetreolably win I hit othur buttons. Am I scroo'd?
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELpEE!!

 

I don't know if you are serious, but you can pop a button off of the keyboard by sticking something under it and using it as a lever; I'd start by checking under the button body to see if there is something stuck and/or maybe wipe the area in with a q-tip dipped in water or alcohol. If that doesn't work, you could look and/or clean under some of the surrounding buttons. There are some other things that you can do that would probably fix it, but I've given you a place to start and I've got to go to bed, myself...

Peace Out;
R

 

thank you feoere th feaste ee reeeeeespons. this is eeno jok took button top off, it was deusty but no m'chanical preeeobseeeeeeeeeeeeeee took off reubbrboot, wip'd it all down but no impreoovmint. its lik I'm wreiting dialog feore won of thos old dreiv'res id feilms with tha bad preojaktor. Preoblum still may B m'chanical, no reeeeeeeeeeeeee's win I want um, but thay reyun aweay afetr "R" "d" "4" "3" 'S" & "F" --- Not "W", though, and Alseo, I can't git capitol "d"
What should eI do?

 

Buy a new keyboard. They're less than $10 at www.livewarehouse.com

Good luck!

 

Why don't you simply replace the keyboard....

 

SORERY FOLKS, I FORGOT TO M8NTION THAT IT'S AN HP LAPTOP (OMNIBOOK 800CS) SO I CAN'T REPLAC8 TH8 K8YBOARED ALON8 - CAN I? I'V8 CL8AN8D UND8R TH8 K8YS AND i STILL THINK TH8 PREOBL8M IS "PHYSICAL" , BUT SOM8HOW UND8R TH8 N8XT LAY8R. IS TH8RE A WAY TO G8T UND8R TH8R8 FROM TH8 TOP DOWN? AR8 TH8 K8YS LINK8D IN CLUSTERS AND CAN ANY ORE ALL B8 CHANG8D OUT? IS TH8R8 A HAWIIAN INT8REN8T AND, IF SO, IS THAT A HARED LANGUAG8 TO L8ARN?
SOMEON8 OUT TH8R8 MUST HAV8 HAD THIS EXP8REI8NC8, SPE8AK UP! DON'T B8 SHY. WE N88D TO STICK TOG8TH8RE AND OURE MANGL8D VOIC8 B8 H8ARED! HALL8LLUJAH!

-sombody kill mre, plis.

 

Most keyboards are wired in a matrix design (kind of like a chess board. The key will basically short a XY value that the keyboard controller will interpret. It's still probably a hardware failure, probably one of the keys is stuck internally. Replacement is probably the only option.

 

Most laptops accept an external mouse and keyboard, or you may have a USB port that could be used with a USB keyboard. Other than that, replace it (that part is probably not the most expensive piece of hardware in that laptop, but probably not very cheap either.) Labor to replace it would be fairly expensive too (at least compared to buying an external keyboard.)

 

And if you need an emergency, short-term solution; You could cut-n-paste a Word macro which would substitute the misbehaving key with a two or three key combo or a toolbar item; But then you'd have to do all of your typing in Word and you'd probably only want to use such a drastic measure, if you are flying coach on an international flight and there's no room for your external.

Keep Passing Open Windows;
R

 

I forgot about the external option... if your laptop is always on the desk (you don't travel with it) you can simply buy a USB keyboard and a mouse, and do it that way. Much better then typing on a laptop keyboard anyway.

 

I'm bored, so I'm going to throw out another useless workaround that could help you on that international flight, perhaps it may help others, maybe somebody will see a way to do something someday, or it'll help me fill a couple of minutes without doing anything productive.

Another option would be to bring-up the Windows Character Map (Start/Run/charmap) and from there, you could copy and paste any Windows letter or symbol from any of your resident fonts into any Windows-based program.