Windows 10: Ctrl key on my keyboard goes into "sleep periods" and is not registered the first time I...

Hello, I've had an ongoing problem with my Ctrl key for about 2 years:Windows sometimes does not register when I've pressed the Ctrl key for keyboard shortcuts copy, paste, etc.For example, pressing Ctrl+C will type the letter "c" instead of copying textHowever, if I pressed the Ctrl key in the past 5-10 minutes, then it will work just fineIn other words, there are "sleep periods" during which my Ctrl key doesn't workIf I press the Ctrl key during a sleep period, Windows will not detect that the Ctrl key was pressed but will instead switch from a sleep period into a "wake period"These wake p

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Ctrl key on German QWERTZ keyboard?

A while ago my dad bought a netbook online from Germany, we found out it did not have a QWERTY but a QWERTZ keyboard
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We are not used to use this keyboard, where are the Ctrl keys, to copy/paste and such?
This keyboard has other keys that we never had/used before like alt-gr and str*Confused

Thanks!

 

Greenshot: The hotkey(s) "PrintScreen, Alt + PrintScreen, Ctrl + PrintScreen, ..." could not be registered

Adding on top of @userJT's solution -

Initially, Greenshot complained about "PrintScreen" and "Ctrl + PrintScreen" for me. It appears that "PrintScreen" was taken by OneDrive and "Ctrl + PrintScreen" - by DropBox. After you disable both, problem goes away.

Full list of steps -

1. See the error message like in the question. Panic, google, get to this page
   
2. Note the first key that Greenshot complains about.
   
   • In most of the cases it will be "PrintScreen", so let's take it as an example.
     
3. Press "PrintScreen" on your keyboard.
   
4. OneDrive will pop up, prompting to save screenshots to OneDrive. Choose "No, Thanks" there.
   
5. Click "Retry" in Greenshot's dialog, note the keys that are still taken.
   
6. Repeat steps above for keys that Greenshot cannot register until it succeeds.
   
   • In my case it was "Ctrl + PrintScreen" that was taken by DropBox.
     
7. Enjoy shortcuts in Greenshot
   

HTH.

 

Ctrl key on German QWERTZ keyboard?

Just tried the STRG key and yes thats the Ctrl key! *Stick Out Tongue
Did not try that before since I was not familiar with these keys.

Thanks!