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Gateway says that's the default keyboard behavior for that laptop... I'm now thinking about replacing the keyboard itself. Is that possible and, if yes, how, though?

Meh, too expensive (1/5 the laptop)... Thanks anyway. I guess I'll call Gateway and ask them about this.

I don't know if it is faulty or meant to be that way, however. And I fear that I might a bunch of time and money getting the whole customer service plus shipping and delivery thing to work with the fact the the laptop is considered "recertified" in mind.

I bought it a month ago... It comes only with Vista so I'd guess it's pretty new.

It's been like this since the beginning, but since external keyboards work fine I presume replacing the keyboard should fix it, even though as you say it might not be worth it.

So if I made the spacebar an Alt key or soemthing it wouldn't fix the problem? If not, I can't really carry an external keyboard, but is it possible to replace the keyboard of the laptop itself?

When I use an external keyboard the problem is gone... I guess it's the keyboard of the laptop then. Is there any additional software I could use to fix this or a way to tinker with it?

Yes, the regional settings are all set right; I also checked a few other languages, the problem remains regardless. I haven't tried another keyboard on the laptop because I don't have a USB one... However, I'm sensing the problem is in the laptop keyboard because I have the same OS and drivers...

I tried the program but it did not give me anything new... Just like the text editors, it does not receive any response from the spacebar when W+A are held down (it does not give malfunction, it's just as if the button was never pressed). What would the "set to the correct local" mean?

While each individual key works fine by itself, when I hold down a few at the same time, there are problems. This becomes a great issue in FPS games. For example, W+A (diagonal strafe) works fine. However, pressing Space (jump) while holding W+A does nothing (strafe continues but there is no...