Windows 10: Keyboard acting up

I recently had my 4 year old son go type crazy on my keyboard and now when I click the period (.) button it completely stops the use of my letters on the keyboard. It won’t let me type and if I click an internet link it opens it up into a new tab instead of the same tab as usual. I feel like it’s a lock for shift or Ctrl. And the only way I’ve found to fix this problem is to either hold both ctrls or both alts at the same time for 5-10 seconds. Can anyone help me with this. Not being able to use periods is getting realllll annoying. Thank you

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Windows 10 Laptop Keyboard Keys Acting Strange

Hi,

I realize that you are facing issues with the keyboard on your PC. I will try to help you with this issue.

Suggest you to plug in an external keyboard to the laptop to check if that helps.

Further you may also use the onscreen keyboard to check if that helps.

Follow these steps to launch the On-screen keyboard:

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  Press Windows key + R to get the run window.
  
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  Type “osk” and hit enter to launch the On-screen keyboard and check if this helps.
  

Keep us informed to help you further.

Thank you.

 

Keyboard acting strange since Windows 10 update

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you with it.

I suggest you to restart your computer once and check. If the issue still persist, follow the methods provided below and check if it helps.



Method 1: Update keyboard drivers.



I suggest you to update the keyboard drivers and check if helps.

• Press Windows key + X key and click on
  Device manager.
• Click on Keyboards.
• Right-click on the Keyboards and click on
  Update driver software.

Method 2: Hardware and Device troubleshooter.

• Press Windows Key + X key, Click on Control Panel.
• Type troubleshooting in the search bar, click on troubleshooting.
• Click on Hardware and Sound, click on Hardware and Devices.
• Follow the steps from the wizard to run the troubleshooter.

Hope it helps. Do let us know if your issue is resolved. For any further query, feel free to contact us.

Thank you.

 

ACT Pro 2013 will not open in Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

The most likely causes on a standalone are a damaged or invalid .pad file or SQL is not running, or is damaged.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if the issue persists.

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    Click your Windows Start button, choose Run and type in actdiag.
    

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    When ACT! Diagnostics comes up, click Databases, the Database List.
    

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    Locate your database in the list, right-click on it and select Detach. Make sure you know the filepath to your database before detaching it.
    

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    When the database has been detached, open My Computer (or Windows Explorer) and browse to the location of your database.
    

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    Locate the .PAD file for your database [database name].pad and delete it.
    

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    Reopen ACT!...you will get a message that the last database opened cannot found, then will be taken to the Open Database dialog box.
    

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    At the bottom of this box, change the Files of Type to .adf, browse to the location of your database and double-click on the .adf file for your database.
    

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    You will get a message that ACT! will verify your database, click OK and ACT will reattach your database to SQL and create a new .pad file.
    
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    Hope this helps.