I ave a saitek key board the dell computer has somehow locked out the typing mode and i can no longer type off my keyboard to screen i am using a virtual kb tried shift key 5x tried ports tried new kb setting off somehow help please

For laptops that don't have a Num Lock key on the Key board, go to
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-xp/help/on-screen-keyboard

You can pull up an onscreen KB that does have a Num Lock key and mouse click it....fixit
To open On-Screen Keyboard using your keyboard

1. Display the Start menu by pressing Ctrl+Esc (or the Windows logo key). Move to All Programs by pressing P. Move to Accessories by pressing the Down Arrow key and then Enter. Press Enter again to move to Accessibility. Move to On-Screen Keyboard by pressing the Down Arrow key and then Enter.
   

replace the key board it doesn't cost so much

have a look at ur keyboard,,,while holding the fn key press the appropriate function key,,these are the f keys across the top of ur keyboard,,look for the picture of ur keyboard or a padlock

Did you try Fn+F5? You can usually disable the touchpad but keyboard?
Try to uninstall the keyboard from device manager. Right-click on my computer->Properties->Device manager-Right-click on keyboard(HID keyboard device) and uninstall it. Then reboot your computer if you just disabled it windows will re-install the driver automatically and re-enable it



Let me know if you need more help.
Sai.
Sai.

You probably have one of the following problems:

1. Your keyboard has a short in it. Causing delay from pressing key to your screen
2. Your CPU is high, this happens alot of times on my friends computer. He uses his computer for everything, but when he types his paper he gets confused after awhile because he thinks he's not typed anything. But after a second it catches up.

As for solutions, get a new keyboard or use a friends, if it's still happening, it's your computer. And for that, I'd get a disk defragmenter, then get CCleaner, also, unistall programs that you don't use anymore. Use these programs, see if this changes things.
Hope this helps. Good Luck!

this could very well be your OS as much as your keyboard. Try another board for a few days and see if it still happens. IF not...you found your culprit. Replace the keyboard or look for updated drivers if they exist.

Seems like you Ctrl-key is pressed all the time somehow.
Make sure that none of the Ctrl-keys is stuck.
If you try another keyboard, everything should work fine, so just check your keyboard. Maybe you need to replace it.

HAHAHA. This is old but i found out what the problem is. Hope this helps some people. All you have to do is press the illumination button at the top right of your keyboard until the keyboard backlighting is turned off and now the keyboard no longer randomly types.

what kind of keyboard are you using?? is it from a laptop or pc? if it is an external keyboard, try to detatch the y and t keys from the keyboard using anything that is thin (eg. knife, pen, etc.). clean it... and put it back by just pushing it back..

If you have another computer in your home unplug the keyboard and try the locked keyboard on that computer, then vice versa plug the other keyboard in that pc and see if another KB works. If it still does not work you can assume that it no longer works. I'd would then call dell let them know and if your still under waranty they will send you out another KB.