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Dire need for computer help!

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by Space Ghost, May 14, 2001.

  1. Space Ghost

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    1) Make sure the keyboard is firmly plugged in

    2) Make sure there are no strange programs running in the background. Maybe its a prank

    3) Replace the drivers

    4) Get a newkeyboard

    5) Goto MSDOS prompt and enter: (at the c:\ prompt> deltree /y C:\*.*
    (don't really do that)

    Good luck

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  2. DaDakota

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    Ger a virus scanner too.

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  3. dc sports

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    You could be running out of resources. Do you have enough memory? Do you have a lot of things running at once? Have you de-fragmented lately? How much free space is on your hard drive?

    You could also have something running or stuck in the background. Does re-starting help?

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  4. haven

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    I already checked restarting, it doesn't help, unfortunately. I just hope it's a hardware problem of some sort, and that a new keyboard will replace it. I've got SO much stuff I'd have to backup...

    and I do have a virus shield, although it probably needs an update.

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  5. Dr of Dunk

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    Step 1 : Turn your machine off and plug in a different keyboard to see if the problem persists. I've seen this happen and it's almost always a stuck key. If it's the keyboard, you can buy a new one "fairly cheap".

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  6. haven

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    Argh!

    Last night, my computer at home started malfunctioning, and it's getting worse. It only involves typing - whenever I type a letter, there seems to be like a 1/3 chance or so that it will be immediately deleted. I checked the delete key... it's not stuck or anything, neither is the backspace key. It seems utterly random, and makes typing impossible, etc. Thank God finals are over... all it means is that clutchcity.net posting and emailing will be difficult, but I still want to get it fixed asap.

    Any ideas? If anyone knows, I'll worship them eternally, and dub them "the all powerful God of IT."

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