Keyboard responds intermitantly

' -- the symbol at the beginning of my sentence is from the upper case of the \ key which is under the Enter key.

Sometimes fingers strike two keys at the same time.

you have to replace the keyboard

here is how to do it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m25N1eZj1FQ

here is the part number to order
Item Number: 330-7359. Part Number: RRGD8

Under each key is a foam contact pad. They get dry and crumble. The keyboard needs rebuilt.

DickyO

try to disconnect your keyboard and turn the computer off.. when you plug it back up it should have been reset.. or go to the keyboard settings in control panel and you should be able to fix it from there... when you type on a word processor does the letters do the same thing or is it only when you are printing??

This is cause by foreign material between the key contacts. Sometimes exercising the key vigorously will fix it, mostimes the keyboard has to be removd and contacts cleaned or keyboard replaced.

the battery is running low

Yes. It may have a weak magnet on it. Otherwise it would be the ignition or control module. Try replacing key first.

MAY BE BECAUSE THE KEYS DON'T COME IN CONTACT WITH THE PLASTIC LAYER IN KEYBOARD OR MAY BE COMPUTER DOESN'T GET CORRECT INPUT SIGNALS

This is either the keyboard or keyboard controller. The only way to tell is to replace keyboard. (Usally found on e-bay for about 40.00) then if not the keyboard controller on Motherboard (expensive fix) so, if it is the controller you may want to try an external keyboard at least to keep using the unit at a resonable cost.

keyboard event are delivered to the component that has "keyboard focus". Looks like somebody is stealing focus from your active x control. It would be the best to find whom and disable it but if not the quickest hack is: 1. set timer in you application say for 100 milliseconds. 2. check if your your active x control has focus (there should be analog of GetFocus in VB). 3. if not - call something similar to Win32.SetFocus with the handle of your control. Let me know if you still have problems.