Laptop keyboard errors

lallysmum

Had to go out this morning and buy a new keyboard to be able to type this.. and am pretty sure that laptop needs to go to the doctor for yet another fix.. but just wanted to ask if there is anything I can do before sending her away.

My son played on my laptop yesterday - just cbeebies. He is usually allowed to and is very, very careful. Had no drinks near it or anything. but.. when U went to type last night, I only had the following letters capable.

abcdfjklmnstvxyz

Which isn't a lot. And no backspace, and I can't type without that.

Has he killed it so it needs to go away? or somehow changed a setting? (It's not the number lock button as I have a laptop with numbers to the side already so use those rather than the top line..)

Thank you

davb

You don't say what OS you have, but check the 'Control Panel' >'Regional and Language' options for the keyboard to see if it has been changed to something silly.
If you have a bootable CD, try that and see if the keyboard works independant of your main OS.
After that, if it is faulty, it may be worth removing/reseating the keyboard or trying Ebay for a replacement.

Hammyman

I second trying booting it off something like a Ubuntu CD and seeing if all the keys work. If not, its either a faulty keyboard or the laptop mainboard but until a new keyboard is tried, you won't be able to tell.