undo a registry editor?

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undo a registry editor?

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I had the same issue as this person. My brand new keyboard has a spamming problem, it is especially annoying when I go to CTRL+V something or make a capital letter and IIIIIIIIII end up with lot of them.

and I followed the advice to paste this into my Notepad:

Press the Windows + Q keys, type and click on Notepad;
Paste the values below into the notebook:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,00,00,5b,e0,00,00,5c,e0,00,00,5d,e0,00,00,44,00,00,00,1d,00,00,00,38,00,00,00,1d,e0,00,00,38,e0,00,00,00,00

Click File> Save, name it Keyboard.reg and click OK (Save to the desktop);
Right-click on Keyboard.reg and select Merge;
Click Ok> Yes> Yes.
Restart the system.

After the restart, my CTRL, windows button and ALT all do not work, and now my mouse is intermittently freezing.

Any advice helps, thank you!

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600x

GPU: Nvidia Geforce 1660 Super

Power supply: corsair 550x

SSD: WD-BLACK SN750

RAM: 8GB Corsair vengence

     16GB Gskill ripjaws

      24GB total, never given me issues

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Answer 1

Hello! My name is Mostafa, and I will try my best to assist you with this so that you find a satisfactory solution.

I’m sorry that you are experiencing this issue. Your registry edit may have caused issues with your keyboard and mouse functionality.

Please follow the steps below:

Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box.
Type "regedit" and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout
Right-click on the "Scancode Map" value and select Delete.
Confirm that you want to delete the value by clicking Yes.
Close the Registry Editor.
Restart your computer.

After following these steps, your registry edit should be undone, and your keyboard and mouse should be functioning normally again.

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Registry Disclaimer: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you change the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-t...

Please check the below link.

https://windowsreport.com/undo-registry-changes...

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I hope the above steps helped you. In case of additional questions, reach out back to me, and I will be happy to help and try my best to resolve your issue. Thank you.

Best,

Mostafa

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