Will bring this possibility up with the University's IT people tomorrow.

Thanks for the tip.

Tom Behler: kB8TYJ


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On Behalf Of Dave Basden
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 6:56 PM
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Subject: Re: Off Topic: Strange Laptop Keyboard Problem

Hi Tom,

Most notebooks without keypads permit you to turn on a keypad in part of the
main keyboard.  You may have inadvertently pressed the key combo that did
this.  It has to be turned off again.  I don't know if this is the problem,
but it's worth checking on at any rate.

73,

Dave, W7OQ

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>Since this is off topic for the list, please respond to me privately at:
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>I noticed a very strange keyboard problem this afternoon with my 
>University laptop computer.
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>Basically, the entire keyboard works except for the group of keys that 
>contains 9, o, l, and the period.
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>For some reason, this group of keys is no longer working.
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>What is really strange is that the keyboard was working fine yesterday, 
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>Has anyone ever seen this sort of thing before, and, if so, how did you 
>solve it?
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>In reality, this is a University-owned computer, so it is a problem 
>that they will have to help me with, but I thought it would be best to 
>talk to them tomorrow with as much information and as many ideas as
possible.
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>Everything works fine with an external USB keyboard;  it's just the one 
>on the laptop itself that is exhibiting this weird behavior.
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>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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