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Help! DS has done something to my keyboard.

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LetThereBeCupcakes · 22/08/2014 20:09

The keys don't do what they should. For example, pressing H kicks off a hardware diagnosis. C gives me the copyright logo. DS is 18 months old and frustratingly uninterested in fixing it. Any ideas?

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BeCool · 22/08/2014 20:11

no idea sorry, but at about that age DD1 turned my entire screen view upside down!!

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LetThereBeCupcakes · 22/08/2014 20:13

Now I'd be ok if he'd done that. I know how to fix that.

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pluCaChange · 22/08/2014 20:17

Which version of Windows are you using? Have you got a mouse or touch-pad?

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Purplecircle · 22/08/2014 20:18

It might be scroll lock, try pressing it once and see if that helps. Have you tried rebooting?

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LetThereBeCupcakes · 22/08/2014 20:24

Widows 7, with a mouse. I actually don't seem to have a scroll lock! It's a logitech MK250 if that helps.

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LetThereBeCupcakes · 22/08/2014 20:25

Rebooting not worked.

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LetThereBeCupcakes · 22/08/2014 20:41

Aha! I fixed it. Prized the play-doh out from under the alt key and it's back to normal.

Have also learned that you can do a lot of stuff with the Alt key.

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pluCaChange · 22/08/2014 20:48

Grin

That's a brilliant hardware solution, when we were all trying to diagnose a software malady!

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LetThereBeCupcakes · 22/08/2014 20:50

The scary thing is I work in IT Blush

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pluCaChange · 22/08/2014 21:23

Oh, dont worry about that. As with history, you can just say airily, "Not my field," and be absolved!

For example, DH is/was a programmer, yet I'm the one who erects flatpacks (hardware, you see?) and password protect things like our tablet ("network administrator")!

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