Typing Someone gave me a laptop notice that when i type certain characters the keys are sticking really bad, i cannot even turn the caps lock off. I think someone spilled some type of liquid on it, but everything else seems to be working fine. Is there anyway to fix it without paying a lot for repair. Thanks

Turn off touch pad while typing.

You might have forgotten your password, or you might have CAPS-LOCK on or been holding a shift key while typing out a character. Check these and try keying in your password slowly and pay attention to each character as you type them out. This should certainly work.

Sounds like the keyboard needs to be replaced

you must have activated the NumLK (Number Lock) to deactivate it press the 'Fn' Key with the 'NumLk' Key which is usually 'F11' Key in certain notebooks.

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Have you tried pressing the shift key

Sounds like the laptop keyboard went bad and thats why its typing wrong characters. Best way to verify this is to use a USB keyboard on the laptop, if the USB keyboard is typing the correct keys then you know the laptop keyboard is bad. If the USB keyboard is typing the wrong keys as well then you know its a setting in windows that is causing the keys to type wrong characters.

they keyboard is bad for sure, they make them so flimsy that the keys could be off. You can try moving your fingers back and forth on it from left to right in a sweeping motion to see if there are any stuck keys that could be affecting the keys.

If you do this and you have the same problems. Call Toshiba or the store you got the laptop from and get a replacement keyboard. Sounds like to me they used a refurbished keyboard on that laptop even though its new, companies do that form time to time and never tell the customer.

Sounds like sticking keyboard...P.O. May have spilled coke on it. Toss it and get new keyboard.

Tap on your shift keys, one at a time, while typing any character; it sounds like a stuck shift key. If this does make a difference, you may have some debris blocking a key from returning to its rest position.

Hello,
There could be a couple of options here: 1. The keypad is defective in which case you need to replace it. 2. The keys are sticking which will cause this problem and is quit frequently what happens (unless all your keys are doing this in which case it will not be the problem as not all keys stick at the same time unless something has been spilled on the keyboard) 3. You might need to update the drivers for the keypad which you can download from the manufacturer's website. I do not think you have a virus because you would notice other things happening to your operating system or hardware. Since you plugged the usb keyboard in and it worked just fine, I think your keypad needs replaced, which you can order from the manufacturer as well and they are not that expensive. You can try downloading the drivers first and see it that corrects the problem or try removing your laptop face plate and cleaning your keypad, just be careful with the plastic tabs that hold the face plate on and not break them. I am pretty sure your keypad is bad. Please let me know if this helps or you need further assistance.

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