Keyboard generating wrong characters.

[Asender]

Hi All.

I'm running XP Home.

Tried to log in this morning and discovered that my password was not being accepted at the log in screen.

So I logged into my kids logon and booted up Word. Typed in a few keys only to find that gibberish was being generated.

e.g. hitting the 'J' key would produce 'GLO]'. You get the idea.

Can anyone offer any advise?

Regards,

Asender

 

[Grenage]

Unlikely, but does it look like any drink or water might have gone into the keyboard?

Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[Asender]

Hi Grenage.

I'm going to say no.

None of the keys are 'sticky' and there is no sign of any thing being stuck.

I noticed a strange thing when I was in the kids logon. Outlook seemed to lauch itself.

I put it down to the random nature of the character being generated and me smacking away at the keys at first. However it happened again when I went in for the second time after changing the batterys in my keyboard.

Now I'm thinking virus.

 

[r0gerc]

Hi Asender

Might be worth trying a different keyboard before you look further?

Regards

Roger

 

[Asender]

Hi Rodger.

Your quite right. Dismiss the obvious first.

I'll borrow a keyboard from work and try it out.

Regards,

Chris

 

[ASG0856]

I seem to remember several years ago, a batch file doing the rounds that altered keyboard behaviour. Try looking for any unusual batch files or scripts

 

[wahnula]

I agree to FIRST try a wired PS/2 keyboard, usually less than $10 and good to have around for PC testing or emergency use anyway.

Tony

 

[Asender]

Hi all.

Weird.

When I got home from work, the original keyboard worked fine.

I think the 'phantom spiller' is looking more likely.

Thanks to all for your help.

Regards,

Chris...