computer problem, keyboard

[EddieS'04]

When I booted up my old w/98 computer today....the keyboaerd is whacked... worked ok last night. Some of the characters dont match the keys. If I type h, I get hg. If I type m, Iget mv, If I type y I get [y. If I back space I get n. Those are just a few examples. I get even get on the net, it types the wrong passwords.



Iam using my wifes XP/laptop right now.



I have checked the langauge settings. I have removed the keyboard in device manager and rebooted. I have reloaded the drivers. Done thourough scandisk and defrag. I have ran system file checker and replaced the corupt system files it found. I dont know what else to try. It was working fine last night. Every program I have used today on it works. It just types wrong.



Thanks for any help.

 

[Fer Echegaray]

I don't know win98, but is there an Input Locale setting in the control panel, or keyboard language option?

 

[Robert Stanton]

Try another keyboard on that machine. Possible your keyboard is the culprit, not Win98.

 

[Travis Munday]

Sounds kinda more like a problem with the actual keyboard. Did you spill food or drink into it? I'd take the thing apart, carefully, and clean out all the dust, debris, and any sticky soda/coffee/tea residue that may've found it's way inside.

 

[EddieS'04]

Never Spilled anything in it. Used a can of computer dust off and blew the dust out from the top side.

 

[Sam Woodson]

Any chance someone is playing a joke on you? Some versions of Windows have "Keyboard Mapper" that lets you assign keys.



Probably the keyboard though.

 

[Dre L]

:lol:just had that problem, your keyboard melted.

 

[Richard L]

try swapping keyboards with your wife's PC. If your PC workes with her keyboard, and her PC does not work with your keyboard, you've got a bad keyboard. I've seen replacements for as cheap as about $10.



If your wife's keyboard does not work on your PC but your old keyboard works on your wife's PC, then it's you PC that's messed up. I know there were a few old viruses that would scarmble your keyboard. Then it could be just some bad chip on your mother board, and since it's an old Widows-98 PC, it's probably not worth fixing.



...Rich