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    keyboard woes

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Papa Goose, Jun 16, 2009.

  1. Papa Goose

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    Hi all,

    My wife was using the laptop when the battery went flat. After plugging it in and restarting the machine, certain keys have stopped working:
    Both shift keys, 1,2 q,w,a,s,z,x. tab key,capslock,esc. The laptop is an Acer Aspire 5920, which is about 18 months old and running Windows Vista Home Premium.
    The only way I could get back to desktop was to set the laptop to turn on the 'on screen keyboard' at start up as the password has a 1 in it. I've checked regional settings and the format is English (UK), Location is UK, keyboard is UK. I tried a system restore via Accessories and that failed.

    Any help gratefully received
     
    Papa Goose, Jun 16, 2009
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