• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

pressing left shift causes my computer to shut down

P

pennylane

Diamond Member
so everytime i press left shift, my computer closes all programs and shuts down. i can press right shift okay. does this sound like a virus or piece of malware? i haven't downwloaded any software or anything, and i haven't had a virus or malware since i had this computer, which is over 3 years. i also haven't changed any settings in windows.

i'm doing virus/malware scans now. i'll also borrow my roommate's keyboard when he gets back here. i was just wondering if anybody's heard of this issue.

BTW, I'm running Windows XP SP2 with AntiVir as my anti-virus.

thanks. sorry for the lack of capital letters.
 
It sure does sound like something has subclassed your keyboard to make left-shift shutdown. Sounds like a really good prank a roommate could have done too.

QED remaps
 
Originally posted by: gsellis
It sure does sound like something has subclassed your keyboard to make left-shift shutdown. Sounds like a really good prank a roommate could have done too.

QED remaps
Click to expand...

Hmm. So the virus scanner didn't find anything and the malware didn't find anything. My roommate wasn't home at the time of the incident and is pretty much too lazy to do anything like this.

I also tried using that registry caps lock fix, since it ought to have "reset" any mappings that might have been changed (ie, shift to shut down), right? Unless the registry fix didn't do what I think it did. Anyway, it didn't work. Caps lock now behaves like shift, though.

I don't know how software could have been done to this because I didn't download anything and my virus definitions are up-to-date (Anti-Vir). At the same time, it doesn't look like a hardware issue. The keyboard is a little old (5+ years), but doesn't have any problems.

Oh well, next thing to do is try replacing the keyboard. I didn't get a chance to yesterday.
 
Get a copy of Ubuntu and try the CD boot that does not install to HDD just gives you the OS would give you an idea if hardware fault. I think it is not but this would give you more direction
 
i tried out my roommate's keyboard, and voila, nothing happened. i pushed shift 5 times and i got some dialogue about sticky keys! only thing is, his keyboard is a ps/2 keyboard. so it's not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison. i don't have any usb->ps/2 converters with me. maybe i can find one at work or something.

given this info, do you think it's the keyboard, or the usb driver?
 
Perfect example of why you should always try the simplest solution first ... glad to hear things worked out ok. 🙂
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top