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by legget

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Hi, My Toshiba Laptop is stuffing up with the keyboard watch i'll write this on a normal desktop keyboard.

Example::
Hello, I'm Jackson!

Toshiba Keyboard::
He336,/+ 5'm/+ Jackson

HELP would be WONDERFUL

Many Thanks.

- Jackson

CEO

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by thumbsup2

There are several things that could be wrong. Anything, from crumbs/liquid spilled in the keyboard to keyboard BIOS on the motherboard going out. Since there's no way for us to tell which it is, you'll need to take it to an authorized Toshiba Service Center. If it's still covered by warranty, you're fine. If not and you can't afford to fix it, you may be stuck plugging in an external keyboard to use the lappie.

by 1bn0

It looks like your Number Pad Lock is on.

It you look at the keys on the right half of the keyboard you will see the key labels for the number keypad super imposed on the keys. (extra labels)

Usually you enable the feature by pressing the Function key (Fn - lower left corner area) plus one of the function keys (F11 on my Toshiba S100) So the Key stroke is Fn + F11.

This is a toggle function on/off.

by nepenthe0

Your NumLock key is enabling the keyboard number pad. If you check the keyboard, you will see that the letter [b]l[/b] becomes the number [b]3[/b] when NumLock is enabled.

Personally, I hate NumLock. You can disable that feature by a Registry edit:

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000792.htm

1) Open the Registry (type [i]regedt32.exe[/i] in the Run menu)
2) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard
3) Find the subkey InitialKeyboardIndicators
4) Set the value according to your preference:

0 = NumLock turned off after logon
1 = Disable NumLock
2 = NumLock turned on after Logon

Alternatively, there is an inexpensive program called [i]Key Remapper[/i] which I use to disable the NumLock key:

http://www.softarium.com/keyremapper/

It's free trialware, $15 to keep. Because of it's many nifty features and low cost, I highly recommend it. You can disable CapsLock and ScrollLock, the Windows keys, Insert, anything you don't use or don't want to use.

Rick/Portland, OR

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