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    dv9000 Keyboard Issue

    Discussion in 'HP' started by cannibalox, Mar 7, 2007.

  1. cannibalox

    cannibalox Newbie

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    I'm having a pretty annoying problem with my new laptop's keyboard.

    Each time I go to press the 'p' key, the cursor that tells you where the next letter will go, it goes behind the letter 'p'

    So if I was typing the word 'practice' without pressing backspace to correct it, it would look like 'racticep'

    I talked to HP about this, and they basically told me to format my computer. I'm looking for something a little bit less drastic, any ideas?
     
    cannibalox, Mar 7, 2007
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  2. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    sounds like either your drivers are messed, you can try this:

    go to RUN and enter

    SFC /SCANNOW

    you will need your xp/vista CD/DVD for this as it takes the corrupt drivers from it.

    If not you may just have to reformat it's certainly a strange problem.
     
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  3. cannibalox

    cannibalox Newbie

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    thanks for your reply!

    Here's a little more information,

    when I went into Word, I disabled the Left Arrow key, and the problem with the 'p' key went away while in Word. I was looking for key remappers, and I a lot of the ones I found did not work. One did, but it cost money, any suggestions?
     
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