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My Logitech keyboard is behaving strangely
This keyboard is called "Advanced Media" or something similar. It has a number of easy buttons to access programs, folders, or websites, a volume control/mute "media center", and zoom-in/zoom-out buttons. Several months ago, however, it developed some odd quirks. For ex., it would no longer use the number pad to create symbols and foreign letters (like Alt+0169 for copyright, or Alt+0189 for 1/2).
Then an even stranger thing happened: it would not print the quotation marks, like ' and ", UNLESS a space was added afterward. I know it's the keyboard, because it does this in all situations, like Word, WordPerfect, Explorer, Gmail, and online, such as I just did above.
I've reinstalled the keyboard from the CD, and I've searched for, but not found, any solutions. I'm coming to the conclusion that there is a physical problem.
If it were dirt, maybe it could be cleaned, but the two totally different malfunctions lead me to think that the keyboard has simply lost it. I can compensate, but does this sound like I need a new keyboard? And if Logitech isn't reliable (I also use their trackball) what keyboard is likely to be better?
BTW I have XP Pro.
Thanks,
zajal
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Go to start, then run. Type:
intl.cpl
Go to the "languages" tab. Click "details". Under "installed services", ADD "US"(not US-international, or US-dvorak), then REMOVE any other layouts. This will probably fix the quote issue. I'm not sure if it will fix the ALT issue, and I don't know how to if it doesn't. This is probably a fluke, and not related to your new keyboard at all. It's certainly not a physical issue. I use logitech a lot, and there isn't any better brand that I can think of. Good luck!
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