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When Some Keys On The Keyboard are not Working

Category: Hardware, TipsNTricks

Posted: February 27, 2008

Suddenly, some of the keys on the keyboard are dead (not working) or You have an old PC or laptop with a faulty keyboard.

You want to get a new keyboard or go for a repair but you have some task on your plate which is very urgent and needs to be completed immediately.

No problem as there are two solutions. First is easier than second.

First Method:

On-Screen Keyboard (osk.exe) also “Virtual Keyboard”

You can launch this by any of the following:

clicking start->run… and type osk then hit enter. OR
clicking start-> programs - > accessories - > accessibility - > On-Screen Keyboard
Alternatively, you can open c:\WINDOWS\system32 folder in Windows explorer and double click osk.exe

On Screen Keyboard Utility - Microsoft

The On-Screen Microsoft virtual keyboard is designed for people with mobility impairments to type data by using a pointing device or joystick. But they forgot to mention in the manual that we can even use it in situations when we accidentally spill coke on our keyboard.

There’s a nice hover mode where you can point the mouse cursor over any character and it will appear on the screen even without clicking the mouse. Not the fastest way to type but helps you complete the job.

Second Method:

If On-Screen Keyboard is not installed and you don’t have installable windows CD and all numeric keys and alt key is working. No probs.

All the keys that you find on the keyboard have equivalent ascii code.

Lets say i want to type NIHAR. Ascii code for A is 65.

I will do the following for typing NIHAR

Hold ALT KEY and TYPE 78
Hold ALT KEY and TYPE 73
Hold ALT KEY and TYPE 72
Hold ALT KEY and TYPE 65
Hold ALT KEY and TYPE 82

For small letters, The alphabets start from ascii code 97=a

You can do the above also for special characters.

You can find the ascii code list here.

In this way,you can work temporarily on keyboard that is partially not working.

If you have any other tips, then leave a comment.

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