No, I've never remapped my keys. Actually, I found the problem. I uninstalled the four Microsoft updates that I'd loaded on October 10, and the ESC key worked again. I reinstalled them and the culprit turned out to be 2852386. With it there, the ESC key doesn't work; with it uninstalled (again)...
Alt+27 had no effect. Since I go through a KVM switch in order to use the keyboard with two computers, I checked the other unit and the ESC key worked just fine (that one has XP). That rules out the keyboard. I haven't downloaded any drivers in ages, so I doubt it was something I inadvertently...
I use Win7-64. My keyboard is an old, old IBM Model M, made in 1989 [don't laugh, it works perfectly and I love it; I hate the quiet, mushy ones and have never found a use for the Windows key]. However, in the past couple of weeks, the ESC key has stopped working. Of course, I initially chalked...
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