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Aridnyk
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_ 		30. July 2009 @ 05:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm having a weird error with my apostrophe key. When i press the key the character doesn't show up, if i press any key after it it ether accents the character like so:

ý

or it will finally show up as an apostrophe. The quotation key simply doesn't show up when i type it, and only after i press another key does it show up. It started doing this recently and I can't think of anything that would make it act this way.

any ideas/help is appreciated.
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jodav
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_ 		30. July 2009 @ 08:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You need to find out if this is a hardware or software fault.The first thing i would do is try another keyboard, borrow one if you dont have one. It may be a matter of cleaning or replacing the keyboard if it proves to be hardware, or a system restore to a point before problem encountered may rectify a software problem.
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varnull
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_ 		30. July 2009 @ 12:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Back in the good old days I would have suggested replacing keyb.sys with a known good version.. off a boot floppy.. these days it's not so simple, but it does still sound like a keymap fault..

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-v...ndows-xp-vista/
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