key issues

Hi guys I have been using an HP i7 laptop since 2020. But lately, one of the function keys is not working on the laptop keyboard. But when I restart the computer sometimes the key is working and it doesn’t work again after some time. Also sometimes it works on its own. I tried to uninstall the...

Hello, currently ampersand key is not working, and that is the only key that is not. The 7 key works, but when I push shift and press 7 it doesn't add a character, even when I change languages, it does not change the 7. I do not know much about computers so if this can be explained to me how to...

How to stop keyboard keys from clicking? Is it malware? Sent from my LGL52VL using Windows Forums mobile app

I have 1 letter on keyboard that doesn't work (between B & D)! Windows 7 Prof.

Hi there, I've got myself into a bit of a pickle with 8.1 on my old Dell Latitude D530 laptop. First I'd been using Windows 7 for a long time and, like everyone else I received the offer of the free upgrade to Windows 10 which I did. Then I deleted the Windows.old folders unfortunately Windows...

I upgraded to Windows 10 and everything was fine until I started getting blue screens like mad after months of it being perfect. It turned out a stick of RAM went bad but I didn't figure that out until after I formatted and tried to install Windows 10 fresh. Anyway, during installation it...

Hello ! I have a Windows 7 Home Premium OA edition. The PC stopped working for some reasons, I had to format it and re-install Windows with a different version. Since my key isn't working with the actual version I have, where could I download a correct W7 HP OA 32bit version ? I tried to add my...

Hi, I have an original windows 8.1 retail license. After installing windows 10 (a new install, not an upgrade) using windows 10 download tool. During the installation I tried to enter the original windows 8.1 key but received an invalid key message. I pressed on "skip" and tried to enter the...

So my laptop's internal hard drive recently got damaged and had to be replaced with a new one. Originally, my laptop had genuine windows 8.1 and it was still useable when I secured my windows 10 update through mail. But when I got my laptop repaired, the technician installed a copy of windows...

This is a problem that I created by doing something stupid. Like recovering my laptop with the recovery disks for my desktop. Now I am trying to recover my laptop. I have a message that says "ordinal 383 could not be located in the dynamic link library iertutil.dll." (HKCMD.EXE) When I go...

I purchased a new PC loaded with Vista just before Windows 7 came out. I have a program that did not work very well with Vista but I discovered that it worked well with 7 so I purchased a unopened Windows 7 Ultimate complete with COA and key and did a fresh install on my machine. The Operating...

Hello, I recently bought a brand new desktop PC and with it came a Window 7 key, which obviously was brand new. The hard drive in the PC was faulty, so I sent it back and used my old one from my old PC, I put the disc in with Windows 7 on it, but DID NOT put the key in, it let me use it for...

Hi all - I have a legit Windows 8 Pro key from my MSDN subscription and I am enjoying Windows 8. I went to "add features" so I can get Media Center installed but it says "That key won't work..." But I am activated and it's 100% my key as I see it in my MSDN log in. What gives?

Hi, I use Dell 1555 laptop with Win7 64-bit OS since 2 years. Whenever I press the 'I' key it asserts the DVD drive (drive sounds like ejecting a CD/DVD). After this and some delay the 'I'/'i' is displayed as expected. It is very annoying to hear the sound. Please suggest a solution to make 'I'...

I am baffled my mom received a Son Vaio computer last christmas installed with Windows 7. My mom passed away in June, however was not computer literate enough to have reinstalled anything so i can't understand why i am getting the message on build 7600 - This copy of windows not valid - i have...

Describes a problem that occurs when you try to use some function keys or keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7 when the language bar is docked in the taskbar. Keys or keyboard shortcuts, such as Fn+F6, the Mute key, and the Calc key, are effected two times. Link Removed

Hi, I am experiencing a strange problem with my Windows 7 for last 2-3 weeks. When I use any application, suddenly Help Windows for application will pop up and it will not go away. If I try to close it, it opens again. This problem is spread across applications. Help Windows come up for SQL...

Last night, without any reason, my F4, F5, F6, and Esc keys stopped working. It solved itself, but shortly afterwords it did it again, and even after two reboots I cannot get them to work again. I use hotkeys all the time in Firefox and elsewhere, and these are probably my most-used keys...

When windows 7 was just out i bought a windows 7 prof key for my new asus eee pc to replace the windows xp that was on it. At that time i was still running vista on my regular pc. About a month ago my laptop got stolen, with ofcourse windows 7 still on there. Now after contacting microsoft...

I have the strangest issue - I did a clean install of Win 7 Home Edition on my HP laptop over the weekend and ever since that whenever I type anything involving the Y key, it jumps back several spaces OR highlights the text which ends up being deleted as I am a fast touch typist! I have checked...