Windows 10: Backspace and Enter Keys stopped working suddenly in Windows 11

Backspace and Enter Keys stopped working suddenly in Windows 11 on my laptop. I have tried to reinstall my keyboard driver, I reinstalled windows and I have already turned off my stickey keys. Nothing is working. Please advise.

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Enter, Backspace , Arrow keys not working

Hello

Thanks for your reply.

EXACT PROBLEM : All keys of my Standard PS/2 keyboard were working properly. But suddenly the 'ENTER', 'BACKSPACE', The arrow keys, 'PgUp', 'END', 'HOME' and some others have stopped working.

I tried all the above methods but none of them worked.

Hope a helpful reply.

 

Backspace and Enter suddenly stopped working

So, my keyboard and computer (desktop, not a laptop), have been working fine for as long as I can remember, but out of nowhere, starting like 2 and a half hours ago, my keyboard's backspace and enter keys have completely ceased any and all kinds of functionality.

First I tried:

-Restarting my computer, didn't work;

-Plugging a different keyboard, didn't work;

-Plugging THIS keyboard on another machine, it worked just fine;

-Running a Scan for viruses, found nothing.

Looked around on the internet, on forums, even on questions posted here, found some suggestions, tried the following:

-To unmark the filter and sticky keys options, which were already unmarked;

-To run keyboard troubleshooting, to no avail;

-To update my keyboard's drives, they were all up to date;

-To check if there was any Windows update that I had not seen, there was, updated it, didn't work;

-And finally, uninstalling my keyboard driver and restarting the computer so it would reinstall it, also didn't work.

So I'd like to ask if there's anything else I could possibly do to fix this, before having to do something like formatting the machine, which I'd rather not do, cause at the moment I'm having to use < + Delete to do backspace's job and the Numpad Enter key,
which works just fine.

 

Backspace and Enter suddenly stopped working

Hi Hermes M,

Thank you for posting your concern on Microsoft Answer Community.

I understand that it can be quite frustrating when you cannot use your keyboard,
we will look into this for you. To get clarity of this issue and assist you with appropriate troubleshooting steps, kindly reply with the answers to the questions below.

1. May I know the make and model of the system?
   
2. Was there any major change on your system, prior to this issue?
   
3. Which version of Windows is running on your PC?
   
4. Do you have any other language packs installed on your system?
   

I suggest you to check for the language pack installed on your computer, if you have a different language pack installed, I recommend you to change the language to English (United States), follow the below steps, and check if that
helps.

Step: Changing system language.

1. Open Settings.
   
2. Click on Time & Language.
   
3. Click on Region & language.
   
4. Under "Languages," check the language pack that you have selected.
   
5. Press Windows key
   and Space bar toggles keyboard layout.
   
6. Change to default keyboard layout, and check if the issue still persists.
   

Please reply for all the required information to help you further.

Regards,