Windows 10: I use a dell G3. My B,N, the space bar some arrow keys and 2 is not working. I tried all...

B,N, space bar, some arrow keys and 2 is not working on my laptop. I used the solution found online. Nothing works.

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Keys b, n and space bar not working

I have a dell inspiron 13-5378 (windows 10).

The keys b, n and space bar have stopped responding.

Currently i am using the touch keyboard.

 

Keyboard B N Space Arrows Issues

I bought my Dell Inspiron 15 in December, so I've only had it a little over 6 months. For the last week or so, I have been having issues with the B N , . [space] and arrow keys. Note that the M key is fine, as are all other keys in that area.

Things I have tried:

• I have uninstalled and reinstalled keyboard drivers. This used to work sometimes but no longer does.
• The on-screen keyboard works fine.
• Plugging in another physical keyboard works fine.

Other things to note:

• In Device Manager, (when no other keyboards are connected to my laptop) there are 3 keyboards listed, two called "HID Keyboard Device" and one called "Standard PS/2 Keyboard". I don't know if having multiple here is a problem, I have uninstalled all of
  them, and only the last one seems to matter.
• For the first few days of this issue, restarting would unreliably work. Now it doesn't seem to at all.
• I have treated this laptop much better than all previous laptops such as not eating at it and keeping it mainly on desks rather than my lap.

What else can I do? Or is it "take to a repair shop" time?

 

N B Space arrow keys stop working sometimes

Time after time lower part of the keyboard starts missing key presses. Especially keys N B space down arrow and few others in the same area.

It feels like it works most of the time, but sometimes stops working for several hit cycles or until you press other keys.

I googled several other cases with similar descriptions for other laptop models dated back up to 3 years back which makes me think this is not a hardware issue. Even though few broken keys in most cases are a result
of dirt or wear, it does not sound realistic that many users of laptops from Asus, HP, Dell, Lenovo have exactly the same buttons (like N B SPACE DOWN and some others) physically broken (unless there is a gene responsible for right index finger operations
which we all share). And it seems that it only affects laptop users and their builtin keyboards.

Most of the answers follow the standard path: disable windows keyboard filters / uninstall and reinstall standard driver / try tuning registry for keyboard driver / replace
your keyboard. I tried it all except keyboard replacement and it does not work.

What I found is that in my case Skype affects this behavior. If I have Skype (latest version as of now) running in the tray
(or in a window), the keyboard stops working properly. But if I have no Skype process running, my keyboard is as great as new.

My last experiment is disabling global hotkeys feature in Skype. And so far (though not enough time passed to be sure) keyboard works fine.

I assume that Skype somehow works like a malfunctioning keyboard filter, however, I have no means to investigate and prove it.

If you have any ideas on how to investigate and prove that Skype causes this strange keyboard issue please share it.

If you suffer from the same situation please share your experience as well and try to reproduce it in the way I proposed.

I believe if I'm right we can help many people to avoid warranty replacements for their keyboards caused by faulty software.