Whether it is a cat laying on the keyboard, a young child banging on random keys, or some other form of keyboard catastrophe, our keyboards can suddenly start displaying strange and frustrating behavior. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has some solutions for a reader’s laptop keyboard crisis.
Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.
The Question
SuperUser reader user660920 wants to know why part of his keyboard is typing the wrong characters:
Why is part of his keyboard typing the wrong characters?
The Answer
SuperUser contributors Aibobot, Rizal Pahlevi, and plugwash have the answer for us. First up, Aibobot:
Followed by Rizal Pahlevi:
To turn off the Number Lock on my Lenovo, it is Fn + F10, but the key combination may vary based on the manufacturer.
With our final answer from plugwash:
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