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Old July 8th 18, 07:51 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul[_32_]
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Default MS Ergonomic keyboard problem

Tim Slattery wrote:
Tim Slattery wrote:


And the same thing happens. It works on the logon screen, the session
begins, and then....the keyboard becomes useless. Except for the
"Calculator" screen, which does cause a calculator window to pop up.
We plugged the keyboard into my laptop and it works fine.


And we found it! The answer is FilterKeys, an accessibility feature.
It was set (I don't know how) to not recognize a key press until the
key was held down for half a second. (for people with shaky hands).
Turned FilterKeys off, and presto!


I'll see if I can remember that item for the fault
tree the next time :-) I never would have guessed.

I know if you bang on the shift key, funny things
happen...

Paul
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