Windows 10: Keyboard stops working about once a day, only a reboot fixes it.

I have a Win 10 desktop system that has basically been working fine for years.


In recent weeks, about once a day, the computer will beep three times and then the keyboard will stop working, while I've been happily working with the computer for a few hours. The num lock light goes out and the keyboard stops working. The mouse continues to work normally. Everything I can do with the mouse alone still works, so I can start programs by clicking on them and I can reboot. After rebooting, the keyboard works again, and will continue to work for several hours.


The keyboard is an OmniKey/Ultra from Northgate connected with a PS/2 connector.


This is a dual-boot system and this does not happen under Ubuntu 18.3.


I have tried:

1 reloading the keyboard driver

2 running the keyboard troubleshooter under "Settings" --- it detects no problem, even when the keyboard has just died.

3 hitting the "windows key" and "spacebar" simultaneously

4 I have turned off "Use Filter Keys" under keyboard settings

5 I have run an SFC scan and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth.


None of these work and none indicates that anything has gone wrong with the operating system. A Malwarebytes scan and Norton 360 real-time monitoring indicate no problem.

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Keyboard stopped working under Windows 10


I have an iMac dual booting Mac OSX and Windows 10 under Bootcamp. I have the normal iMac wireless keyboard.


Windows has been running normally for several years since the day I got the computer. Windows 10 has been running normally since the day I was able to automatically download it in August.


Today, my keyboard stopped working under Windows 10. I am writing this from the Mac side. The keyboard works perfectly and the battery power is 100% under Mac OSX.


When I boot to my Windows partition (which is the default) I have to use the keyboard to sign-in under Windows. The keyboard works fine for sign-in! Then, as soon as I get to my desktop, the keyboard stops working entirely. No key produces a letter. The cursor doesn't move. I hear a click in my headset when a key is pressed, but nothing happens.


The mouse works. If I reach the hardware and devices portion of the control panel, as far as I can tell things the keyboard device says it is working properly. I remember a wireless keyboard listed and a bluetooth keyboard and something called an HID device. Windows reports that they are working properly. I managed to open the troubleshooter using the mouse only and it couldn't find a problem.


I have turned the computer off and on several times.


Would someone be so kind as to suggest how I can find and fix the problem.


Thank you.

 

Wired Keyboard and Mouse Stop Working - Windows 10

Wired Keyboard and Mouse Stop Working - Windows 10
I have an old Dell Studio that is running windows 10 ---

Ir has Windows 10 and SSD installed - to me it does what it needs to do but this darn mouse and keyboard stuff stopping working with no rhyme or reason is making me very frustrated.

Keyboard and Mouse are wired - NOT WIRELESS

• I cannot easily unplug and plug in the mouse/keyboard to get it going again... they are still lit up but they are dead basically and I have to do a hard reset.
  
• USB selective suspend is disabled.
• I checked the drivers for the keyboard and mouse and they are updated.
• I checked to see if PC has KB4074588 and it does not.

I am not sure what else to do.... I can go days without the issue and then days where anytime I step away from the PC it stops working.

I can say when it is working it just does not just stop ... only when I walk away and the machine is idle or the screen is locked.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Built in keyboard not working

I recently purchased an ASUS ROG GL553VD Notebook Computer and a few weeks ago the keyboard stopped working. After a few restarts it worked again, but today the problem came back, and was not fixed by any amount of restarting. Several people on past posts said to reinstall they Keyboard driver, but there was no Keyboard section in the Device Manager. I am currently resetting the laptop to factory settings to see if that fixes the issue. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.