My laptop is now considered as “unusable”
July 31st, 2016
sounds like the ; key is stuck on ur keyboard
do you have access to another keyboard to test with
I have checked but the keyboard or its key did not stuck. Any help please.
It looks like a problem with your keyboard even none of the keys appear to be stuck..
Plug an external keyboard into it and see if it works with that one.
If so the problem is with the internal one and is indeed probably a stuck / shorted key. Many of those use film type keyboards and the film itself is stuck together from (usually) a liquid got introduced.
Thanks for the added service i.e. advise given to a fellow member. Appreciate the thoughts and effort.
Plug an external keyboard into it and see if it works with that one.
If so the problem is with the internal one and is indeed probably a stuck / shorted key. Many of those use film type keyboards and the film itself is stuck together from (usually) a liquid got introduced.
Indeed. I’ve had this. Uh, sick, tea… bam. Anyways, I used a key re-locater to temporarily disable the key (in this case, for you it would be relocating the ‘;’ key. I recommend assigning it to a key that you rarely ever use like one of the CTRL keys). But you really should purchase a new keyboard, they’re easy to install and they’re not that expensive anymore nowadays.
Look inside your laptop and remove keyboard screw then see what happens
You cannot install antivirus or any .exe file ? You suspect that your antivirus is infected ?
Replacing a keyboard is usually a pretty easy job as I found out recently.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/259112/how_to_replace_your_laptop_keyboard.html
You can Google your make and model of laptop for further instructions and to buy a new keyboard..