typing the letter "e" opens explorer

just for the heck of asking, does it happen when you are standing there? is it possible that something is hitting the winkey when the hits the letter e? maybe a binder, maybe a book, maybe a pamphlet, pen, or stapler? i know this sounds stupid, but, to relate an example, i had a family member who couldnt figure out why they couldnt click the start menu to see it. when i walked over to help them out, i lifted the folders they had sitting on the corner of the keyboard, and voila. once the esc key was no longer pressed, the menu showed up just fine.

just for the heck of asking, does it happen when you are standing there? is it possible that something is hitting the winkey when the hits the letter e? maybe a binder, maybe a book, maybe a pamphlet, pen, or stapler? i know this sounds stupid, but, to relate an example, i had a family member who couldnt figure out why they couldnt click the start menu to see it. when i walked over to help them out, i lifted the folders they had sitting on the corner of the keyboard, and voila. once the esc key was no longer pressed, the menu showed up just fine.

just for the heck of it try changing the keyboard with another workstation. Maybe one of the windows keys have a funky contact.
Rick

ok, so the poster rated my question, but i still don't know what the story is on my questions to him/her. so, how do i know if (s)he still needs help?

If the keyboard has a Windows keys (between the Ctrl and Alt keys), it may be that the windows key is malfunctioning or might be getting stuck intermittently. Normally if you press the Windows key and the E key at the same time you will get an explorer window.

I have replaced the keyboard twice. I even "Ghosted" the darn thing with a new image from a new install from an identical machine!

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Come on guys there has to be an easy solution to this. :-)

All of the obvious easy solutions seem to have been exhausted. The only remaining idea I have is that there may be a problem with the keyboard/mouse decoding on your motherboard. Assumably you have checked the connections inside the computer from the keyboard/mouse ports. Swap the mouse from another system...Swapping the harddrive won't hurt but since you ghosted it, probably won't help either.....Now... everthing external has been eliminated including the path to the motherboard. What else is left?

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