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Category: Keyboards and Mice

Reader Question: F8 Button Computer Problems

8 January, 2007 (05:08) | Computer Tips, Keyboards and Mice, Problems Fixed, Reader Questions

A few days ago, my daughter (8 months) was in my lap, and all of a sudden she jumped upon the keyboard and thereby pressing numerous btns. Now instantly, even though one application was open (which I don’t remember now), a pale blue screen covered up with two gear like image in the middle. Although I can view faintly my desktop and other ikons. On trying atleast on all of the btns on my keyboard, I managed to get free from the pale blue screen. By pressing F8 button.

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3 Keyboard problems and how to solve them

3 December, 2006 (07:17) | Keyboards and Mice, Problems Fixed

Issue #1

“When pressing keys on the keyboard, all we get are beeping tones”

“My keyboard keeps beeping, I cant type anything”

Dont worry – Your keyboard may be fine, try turning off filterkeys

computer repair problem - filter keys window

Windows has a feature called “filter keys”, which can be enabled if you hold a key down for too long or press the shift key 5 times in a row ( on some computers only ). This will stop you from pressing any keys on the keyboard and typing anything at all until this feature is disabled.

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