I seem to have a black thumb with keyboards lately. I've been using a Logitech Wave wireless keyboard and mouse for years, but a month or so ago, the keyboard started typing multiple duplicate characters when I pressed a key, and if I hit the delete key, it would delete more than the characters I had highlighted. And when I typed, it would skip characters.
I'm using a one-year-old PC with 64 bit Win 7, and have not changed anything recently -- no Win 7 updates or anything.
Anyway, I had an extra Wave set that I had used with another PC, so I just started using that set instead. After a month or so, the keyboard developed the same problems. I dug up a cheap USB keyboard which worked okay but is a piece of junk. So I dug some more and found a Microsoft Wireless 1000 desktop set. I've been using that for a couple of days. At first it worked fine, but now I'm finding that when I type, it skips characters.
So how can I troubleshoot this? I'm willing to buy a new keyboard, but want to make sure the problem isn't something in my system. I don't do any gaming at all -- I'm just doing regular old typing. Granted, I'm a fast typist, but not so fast that the system shouldn't be able to keep up with the keystrokes.
FWIW, I did not install the MS Intelli-whatever software for the keyboard or the mouse. The mouse starting acting up yesterday (I'd have to click on something three or four times before it would actually be selected), so I made sure all the batteries were good and then reconnected the receiver, which seems to have solved the mouse click issue. BTW, I made sure the receiver is positioned away from large metal objects, microwave ovens, satellite dishes, nuclear reactors, etc.
I couldn't find anything in control panel for adjusting the keyboard or mouse, but maybe I wasn't looking in the right place(s).
Oh, and I posted a message in the Logitech web site's forum a few days ago -- I did find a message about the Wave keyboard multiple-character problem, but the fix (receiver firmware update) only seemed to be available for XP and Vista, not Win 7. I never got a response, which I'm guessing means the update isn't available for Win 7.
Right now the keyboard skipping-characters thing is driving me crazy. Anyone got any advice or suggestions?
Thanks.
I'm using a one-year-old PC with 64 bit Win 7, and have not changed anything recently -- no Win 7 updates or anything.
Anyway, I had an extra Wave set that I had used with another PC, so I just started using that set instead. After a month or so, the keyboard developed the same problems. I dug up a cheap USB keyboard which worked okay but is a piece of junk. So I dug some more and found a Microsoft Wireless 1000 desktop set. I've been using that for a couple of days. At first it worked fine, but now I'm finding that when I type, it skips characters.
So how can I troubleshoot this? I'm willing to buy a new keyboard, but want to make sure the problem isn't something in my system. I don't do any gaming at all -- I'm just doing regular old typing. Granted, I'm a fast typist, but not so fast that the system shouldn't be able to keep up with the keystrokes.
FWIW, I did not install the MS Intelli-whatever software for the keyboard or the mouse. The mouse starting acting up yesterday (I'd have to click on something three or four times before it would actually be selected), so I made sure all the batteries were good and then reconnected the receiver, which seems to have solved the mouse click issue. BTW, I made sure the receiver is positioned away from large metal objects, microwave ovens, satellite dishes, nuclear reactors, etc.
I couldn't find anything in control panel for adjusting the keyboard or mouse, but maybe I wasn't looking in the right place(s).
Oh, and I posted a message in the Logitech web site's forum a few days ago -- I did find a message about the Wave keyboard multiple-character problem, but the fix (receiver firmware update) only seemed to be available for XP and Vista, not Win 7. I never got a response, which I'm guessing means the update isn't available for Win 7.
Right now the keyboard skipping-characters thing is driving me crazy. Anyone got any advice or suggestions?
Thanks.
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