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How can I turn off my Caps Lock key?

Posted onFebruary 6, 2012Leave a comment

I’m using a borrowed keyboard and keep inadvertently hitting the CAPS LOCK key and typing half my sentences in capital letters. Is there any way I can turn it off?

CategorieshardwareTagskeyboard, sound

Why is my cursor jumping from one place to another?

Posted onDecember 7, 2011December 7, 2011Leave a comment

My wife’s laptop has a strange problem. While typing in a Word document or an email the cursor seems to jump from away from where it’s suppose to be, which makes a major mess of Read More …

CategorieshardwareTagshardware, keyboard

What are the keys labelled F1 through F12 on my keyboard?

Posted onDecember 3, 2011December 3, 2011Leave a comment

Every computer I’ve had has these F keys at the top of the keyboard. What are these and what are they used for?

CategorieshardwareTagskeyboard, windows

How do I get my “@” back?

Posted onSeptember 20, 2009Leave a comment

I seem to have broken my keyboard. When I press SHIFT-2, instead of the quotation marks I get an “@” symbol and when I press “@” I get quotation marks. How can I fix it?

CategoriessoftwareTagshardware, keyboard, windows

How does my KVM switch to another display?

Posted onMarch 9, 2009March 10, 2009Leave a comment

I recently bought a Linksys KVM box to use two computers with the same keyboard, mouse and monitor. Unfortunately it’s second hand and it came without a manual so I don’t know how to switch Read More …

CategoriesgadgetsTagskeyboard, KVM switch, Peripherals, Scroll Lock

Help, my keys are wrong!

Posted onDecember 21, 20081 Comment

I have a new computer that works fine, except for a small problem: some of the keys on the keyboard display the wrong thing on the screen. For instance, when I type a double-quote (SHIFT-2) Read More …

CategoriessoftwareTagskeyboard, Windows Vista, Windows XP

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