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keyboard will not stop pressing k, even after uninstalling driver and reinstalling windows

the keyboard will not stop spamming k. i’ve reinstalled windows and uninstalled the laptop keyboard driver. what should i do? i just want to use my external keyboard.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-01-13T10:04:14+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

How to get instant English to Arabic transalation Keyboard

Hi Is there any way to get a English to Arabic transalation keyboard software on pc. Example: If I type 'Bismillah' the output need be like this=: بسم الله‎ Please help!

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2021-12-23T14:12:01+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Pressing 1 will decrease volume, and pressing b will increase it

I'm just minding my own business and then suddenly my 1 button will decrease my volume, b increase it and evertime I press shift it'll type ~ Anything I can do to fix it? Theres no problem when using on screen keyboard

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2021-12-07T10:27:36+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

My laptop is suddenly in Spanish! Help!

So I bought this Lenovo legion y520 3 years ago in Spain. Upon installation I changed everything to English. Now after a random update everything is back to Spanish but when I check the language settings everything is put under English! Now after a few…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2021-12-24T22:21:38+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Hotkeys for changing the language

Is it possible to assign hotkeys to change the language, I want the "Russian and Ukrainian" language to change to the combination of keys ctrl + shift, and the "English" language to change to shift + alt ?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-01-27T18:50:04+00:00
Anonymous
12 answers

Microphone not working properly after reinstalling Windows 10

I got a new SSD for my laptop 2 days ago (Asus rog strix gl503vd), did a clean Windows 10 installation and now my mic isn't working properly. This happened last time I reinstalled Windows as well, not quite sure how I fixed it then. I have done these…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-01-02T12:44:12+00:00
Anonymous
7 answers

I want MY CHINESE pinyin input method back!!!

Other day, My Microsoft original Chinese pinyin input method was disabled. Its name is 'weiruan pin yin shu ru fa'. The problem is, I can see and switch to it. However, I can not input any Chinese characters! I searched all the pages to solve the…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-04-23T13:21:09+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

y type z in keyboard

every time i press y in keyboard it type z and vice versa, i have us keyboard installed only. how to solve this issue

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-05-02T14:45:07+00:00
Anonymous
7 answers

Microphone

I get this message when trying to record speech though a microphone: "A timeout has occurred while waiting for the sound system to finish processing.  There may be a problem with your sound system." I have tried several different microphones…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-04-08T09:58:50+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

Windows 10 - Touch keyboard issue (After MDT deployment)

Hello, We use MDT to deploy Windows 10 pro version computers(past 3 versions of Windows 10 features and current 21h2). The problem I'm experiencing is the touch keyboard that will not show after the first reboot after the deployment. These are the steps…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-04-05T14:43:42+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I can't change the Windows display language to English

Last year I bought a laptop in China and I cannot change the system language to English because the Windows display language has only one option which is Chinese. I can add other input languages but the system language cannot be changed. Thus, all My…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-04-09T12:35:22+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Download preferred language via PowerShell

I have a number of Windows 10 20H2 computers that have a preferred language set to en-IE, but because the language pack is not downloaded the Windows Display language is set to the default of en-US. If I set the WinHTTP proxy and download the en-IE pack…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-04-21T10:31:29+00:00
Anonymous
5 answers

Keyboard keys have changed functions. 'S' key behaves like the Alt key, etc. Win 10, Lenovo E450.

Hello, I have a Lenovo Thinkpad E450 running Windows 10. Today morning when I powered it up I found that some of the keys are behaving like some other keys. For instance, pressing the 'S' key enables Alt key functions (menus are activated, Ctrl+S+Del…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-05-22T15:55:08+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Mouse and keyboard turns off randomly

my mouse and keyboard turns off randomly sometimes also by audio for no reason idk was is causing this. Sometimes is just the mouse turns for a few seconds then sometimes my keyboard and mouse any idea why this happens also i checked my that my usb is…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-04-26T03:12:39+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Disable mediakeys changing master volume in registry.

I have a keyboard that has a volume control wheel that changes the master volume of windows. Is there a registry entry I can edit to disable this without disabling the key entirely? Because I want to still pick up the input inside a python script to…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-05-27T15:56:33+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator not working

Hi, i'm using an Italian layout keyboard and since i'm starting developing i want to be able to type tilde and backtick w/o having to search for them (not included in my basic it-it layout), however after trying the tool mentioned above i get the…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-04-01T12:48:09+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't change my language completely using Settings

My problem is similar to this one -> Windows Control Panel doesn't have "Language" under the - Microsoft Community Since there is no "Advanced language settings" option anymore I can't completely change my language and welcome…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-04-16T06:53:31+00:00
Anonymous
7 answers

Num Pad 3 does not do anything, any way to fix this?

For quite a while, my num pad 3 doesn't do anything when I press it(the page down functionality of the key doesn't happen either, as if the input isn't registered), all other keys work fine, pressing num lock does not fix it, I have also replaced my…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-04-24T00:45:57+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

UK Extended keyboard does not type some of the accented characters

Hello, I switched over from US keyboard to the UK one and I have been struggling with typing accents since then. I am using UK Extended keyboard and would like to type French accents. I am able to type acute and grave accents successfully by using the…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-05-17T16:34:34+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

No traditional Chinese, only simplified Chinese, how come?

When trying to add a language, I found that Traditional Chinese is disabled (grey out), why is that and how do I get traditional chinese input on my laptop?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Input and language
asked 2022-05-23T17:22:16+00:00
Anonymous