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Theresa
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 Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:32 pm help - exclamation point |
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ok, so my shift and control keys have stopped working. is there anything i can do besides taking it in to be repaired, it's a sony vaio with windows vista. bought it last year sometime.
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Captain Patrick
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| Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:55 pm Re: help - exclamation point |
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| Theresa wrote: | | ok, so my shift and control keys have stopped working. is there anything i can do besides taking it in to be repaired, it's a sony vaio with windows vista. bought it last year sometime. |
You can try and blow out anything with a can of compressed air, that might do it. Is it both shift and control keys or just both on one side of the keyboard?
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squiggy
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Option B:
SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!!!!
Option C:
Use a pair of tweezers to *CAREFULLY* remove the effected buttons, and dust them out with a make-up brush. The push them back in place. This may not work, but if it doesn't, you need to take it in for repairs.
Emphasis on *CAREFULLY*. You could completely fubar your' keyboard if you aren't careful.
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Theresa
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| Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:16 am Re: help - exclamation point |
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| Captain Patrick wrote: | | Theresa wrote: | | ok, so my shift and control keys have stopped working. is there anything i can do besides taking it in to be repaired, it's a sony vaio with windows vista. bought it last year sometime. |
You can try and blow out anything with a can of compressed air, that might do it. Is it both shift and control keys or just both on one side of the keyboard? |
both sides. and for some reason, when i'm typing here, or on fb, it'll skip a letter but it doesn't do it on regular programs, like notepad.
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Captain Patrick
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| Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:24 am Re: help - exclamation point |
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| Theresa wrote: | | Captain Patrick wrote: | | Theresa wrote: | | ok, so my shift and control keys have stopped working. is there anything i can do besides taking it in to be repaired, it's a sony vaio with windows vista. bought it last year sometime. |
You can try and blow out anything with a can of compressed air, that might do it. Is it both shift and control keys or just both on one side of the keyboard? |
both sides. and for some reason, when i'm typing here, or on fb, it'll skip a letter but it doesn't do it on regular programs, like notepad. |
If it is happening on both sides, then its probably something that is beyond what you can personal fix. I would highly recommend you take it to a Laptop repair shop, or call in any warranties it might have.
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Theresa
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| Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:00 pm |
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yeah, that seems to be the general answer i'm getting, i'll have to do it on monday. thanks.
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Captain Patrick
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| Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:03 pm |
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| Theresa wrote: | | yeah, that seems to be the general answer i'm getting, i'll have to do it on monday. thanks. |
Yea cause it sounds like either a short, or another problem with the actual board/strip that the keyboard is made of.
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