B-rothers com-put-er hy-ph-ens all the -w-ords?

Discussion in 'Tech Talk' started by The Cox, Jan 1, 2012.

  1. As you can s-e-e, ev-erytim-e h-e types -it hy-phen-ates all -of his wo-rds and what not. I ch-eck-ed his lang-uage and k-eyb-oard lay-out. B-ut I think he hit something on his com-put-er to mak-e it do this.

    Als-o -push the left ar-row k-ey and it does this -------- -which is -retarded l-ol I'm als-o scan-n-ing his c-om-put-er j-ust in cas-e but any ideas?
     
  2. Well I changed it to another english (US) keyboard and it seems to have fixed the issue for now. But any suggestions on how it did that?
     
  3. mwhays

    mwhays Veteran

    some kind of playful virus? possibly?
     
  4. Tried just plugging in another keyboard? A sensor may be stuck
     
  5. its a laptop.
     
  6. Plug in a USB keyboard and type with that. If it works then you have a hardware issue. If it doesn't then its software, fixing it goes from there. Attack the source not the symptom.
     
  7. Blackice

    Blackice Veteran

    The pad the keys are circuited through likely has a short and you'll probably need to replace it.
     
  8. One thing I ran into once was a guy said his computer was always hitting minus when he pressed plus. (Accountant type, so he relied heavily on the numeric keypad).

    Turned out to be a sesame seed stuck between the plus and minus keys...

    (May not be applicable in this case)
     
  9. well its only like 4-5 months old. But I changed the keyboard layout from the default and then back to the original US default and it seems to be working just fine.
     
  10. Might have been something stuck that was activating the other sensor. Is the laptop keyboard individual mechanical keys or chiclet?
     
  11. lol chiclet :p

    Nah its mechanical
     
  12. Why is that lol? That's what it's called.
     
  13. I know.. I have always laughed at that. I always jump immediately to the little gum that you used to get in those 25c gumball machines..
     
  14. Oh ya, definitely. To be fair a themed keyboard like that would be hilariously awesome.
     
  15. The original post here is a grammar nazi's nightmare.
     
  16. I know, right? Just glad I fixed it for him. Was driving both he and I nuts.
     
  17. mwhays

    mwhays Veteran

    Oh please tell me this exists somewhere!
     
  18. Big League Chew, imo.