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"V" key opens start menu

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by shhite

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Ok I'm stumped. Running Windows XP Sp2. I have a user that when he types the v key on his keyboard it will type the letter v and open the start menu like the windows key does. I cant find the registry key that would cause this.

Any suggestions?

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by thumbsup2

Look to see if the user has installed/applied some shortcut keymapping software and remapped the V key to do some other chore in another program. Usually, people use a combination of keys to create shortcuts. But, this one might have used a one key shortcut, not realizing what would happen.

by shhite

There is not any shortcut keymapping software on his computer and he "says" he doesnt use shortcut customized shortcut keys. There was a couple hot key cammands in use that we fixed but this has us scratching our heads.

by shasca

Did you try a different keyboard?
Does it look like anyone has created a joke script/batch file on this PC?

by shhite

We did try a different keyboard. In fact this keyboard is brand new. It is the Microsoft ergonomic 4000. We also have Winpatrol installed on all our computers and it keeps history of new software and startup programs installed ont he computer and there has not been any recent changes made to programs or any batch files to the start up menu. No batch files anywhere I can find.

by shasca

Try opening Task manager and watch the processes when the key is hit. See if it triggers any change in a process that may look weird.

by shhite

Come to find out we had to keyboards that were malfunctioning so when swapped them was still experiencing problems. Replace the keyboard with a 3rd one and it works fine! Go figure. We are now in the process of trying to return the brand new keyboard! It should be monday. Thanks all for your help!

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