Graft Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Synopsis: My computer interprets every action as ALT+[action]. I need this to stop. Story: A few days ago windows corrupted a file on a bad restart. I don't know which file it was, but it says it was lost. Ever since then, windows interprets every action as though I were holding down the ALT key. This includes keystrokes and mouseclicks, but also includes autonomous actions such as loading flash files in my browser or clicking links. In order to solve the problem, I want to reformat my hard drive, so I have the reboot CD in the drive (luckily I had previously set BIOS to boot from CD), but I can't even do so much as "press 1 for English" because it's interpreting it as ALT+1. I don't know why the computer is misinterpreting my keystrokes even outside of the windows platform-- any thoughts? I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling my keyboard, but it doesn't help. I've thought about formatting the drive from the DOS prompt, but the only way I can figure to get to it is from the shortcut in windows. The DOS prompt interprets some of the keys correctly, but it doesn't interpret the enter key correctly, so I don't even have the ability to enter a command. help please ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanthos Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Probably what's happening is one of the alt-keys on your keyboard is stuck. Have you tried using someone else's keyboard on your computer? Or maybe one of the alt keys somehow got inverted and if you press it down, it will act like it's up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graft Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 I'm certain that the keys aren't sticking because the comp is a tablet PC, so it has a little onscreen keyboard that lights up when a key is pressed, and I've already checked both alt keys; I don't have a spare keyboard, but I'll try bringing my comp in to work tomorrow and plug in my work keyboard. The only thing that makes me skeptical is that for instance, when I load Firefox, it starts trying to "save target as" the links for my extensions, such as my weather extension or my gmail extension-- which I don't think would normally happen if I were just holding down ALT. I think that the computer is taking commands and cycling to their alternate functionality. When I click a file, it interprets it as ALT+click, pulling up the right-click menu. But when I do ALT+click, it doesn't perform any action at all. Any other thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graft Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 does syl still post on these forums help me syl help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graft Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 i found a tool in norton that is currently erasing my entire C:\ it's slow as hell but as far as last-ditch efforts go i have high hopes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Author Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 ... Couldn't you have tried rebooting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graft Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 oh arashi you devil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graft Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 i bought norton ghost and used it to wipe my c:\ and it is now functional again my computer can only be killed with the ancient bone saber of zumakallis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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