What's my lad done to his puter?

MickKnipfler

When he types B the puter acts as though he had pressed enter.....

nelly_2

Hes enteruggerd it up

Me_Myself_2

Ha ha v. funny.

superscaper

MickKnipfler wrote:

When he types B the puter acts as though he had pressed enter.....

Check that the keyboard settings are for UK layout. Control panel, keyboard then advanced tab or something (can't quite remember).

johnmc

Sounds like he's managed to map <Enter> to the letter B .

The only way I know in Windows is to download MS's Kernel Toys (remap utility). But I didn't think it was available to Win98 et al http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wutoys/w95kerneltoy/default.asp

Try adding another keyboard and language (US) and select to delete UK, restart and reverse the procedure. And if he's downloaded the above I suggest deleting it.

MickKnipfler

I've just gone through the alphabet and when we type the following letters, I get the result shown:

b=return
e=v
f=c
j=i
o=m
t=space

jago25_98

Test it outside of Windows to see if it's hardware,

you do that with a boot disk of some sort, anything that lets you type

the bios will let you test arrow keys, return and sorts

thomas01155

thomas01155

Boot up into safe mode then uninstall the keyboard in "Add/Remove" then remove it in device manager and reboot. After reboot, reinstall keyboard. If it is a wireless keyboard it may only be necessary to change it's batteries.

johnmc

Have you looked at Superscraper's suggestion? Check the keyboard is set correctly. If you are not sure go into Device Manager and - I know it sounds severe - DELETE the keyboard. Restart the PC and it will find the correct drivers for your keyboard.

Check the Language settings as well. Ensure that you ONLY have English UK set. If not, add it and dlete all others then reboot.

Blacksheep1979

johnmc wrote:

Have you looked at Superscraper's suggestion? Check the keyboard is set correctly. If you are not sure go into Device Manager and - I know it sounds severe - DELETE the keyboard. Restart the PC and it will find the correct drivers for your keyboard.

the drivers for the keyboard are standard xp ones they should be fine. I'd be more tempted to check he hasn't spilled something into the keyboard etc. Have you got another keyboard to try?