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    ALT key not working on my Q850

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by jsteng, Jan 28, 2010.

  1. jsteng

    jsteng Notebook Consultant

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    ALT key not working on my Q850
    Any idea?

    I could not "ALT TAB" betweemprograms...

    must be a service that crashed?
    because sometimes, the FN-F6 FN-F7 (brightness control) does not work and I need to reboot.?
     
    jsteng, Jan 28, 2010
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    Can you do the ol' Control Alt Delete?
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 29, 2010
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    apparently, this occurred only when a combination of softwares are running together.. SOMETHING is catching ALT key (ie, this isnt a toshiba issue).. will further check...

    the FN-F6, FN-F7 is still broken though.. i wonder why its not dimming/brightening the screen sometimes but the on-screen display is there.

    i am scheduling a complete system reinstall
     
    jsteng, Jan 30, 2010
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