Michael's Keyboard Broke?
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So, this is me, Mike Ralston, posting from my mother's account, at her PC, because my keyboard entirely stopped working. I know what you might be thinking: The keyboard died. Well, the Spacebar and CapsLock keys still work. Same with any other keyboard I plug into it. Same even with the On-Screen keyboard within Windows 8.1. I can't log in, and I can't do much of anything. The keyboard works fine in BIOS, but that's it. To clarify, I've reset BIOS, tried every USB port on the PC, tried disconnecting all other devices except the monitor, tried even doing it without the monitor, tried to single out certain ones, unplugged the internal front-panel connectors, and even updating BIOS. It is clearly a Windows issue, and is software controlled. Is there a hotkey that does this, that is unbeknownst to me? Please help!
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I wonder if you have a virus. Try downloading a scanner that runs from a disk (Windows Defender Offline is what I mostly use) and try that.
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Is this the USB keyboard?
I have run into a time or two where the USB host Controller will have a hiccup, even with a reboot it doesn't resolve.
You'll need to uninstall all the USB devices,.. USB controller , unplug all USB devices and then plug them back in.
At least,.. that is a best guess - as I've had this happen to Printers.
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@g.jacobse Is there a way to do this, when I cannot log into Windows?
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Sadly, not that I know of. You have to get into the device manager in order to uninstall the USB devices.
As @Dashrender mentioned, you may wish to check to see if a virus or rootkit.
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Since the onscreen keyboard has the same problem, it would be really odd if the USB controller was to blame.
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Smells like a prank to me
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Download a liveCD of something (anything really) and test and see if that fixes the issue.
If the On-Screen keyboard is having the same issue... then something very strange is going on. Check and see if there is a virus or rootkit.
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@coliver If there's a Virus or a similar issue, I'm going to need to re-install anyways, so that's what I'm going to do I guess.
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Probably a driver issue. Then again, the on-screen keyboard too? Very possibly malware, but what have you been downloading...
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This is actually me now. He went down after dinner and now the thing is working. I would guess malware.
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@Minion-Queen said:
This is actually me now. He went down after dinner and now the thing is working. I would guess malware.
If he boots into safe mode, does it still act screwy?
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Everything is working fine now. He is running malwarebytes now
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I was going to suggest testing via RDP but it's sorted.
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So no Malware or anything, but my PC is being EXTREMELY slow, for no discernable reason.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
So no Malware or anything, but my PC is being EXTREMELY slow, for no discernable reason.
What are the internal temps like?
What type of drive is your OS sitting on?Edit: I'm curious
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@Mike-Ralston said:
So no Malware or anything, but my PC is being EXTREMELY slow, for no discernible reason.
Possibly a failing drive or memory module? Try doing a memtest on it to see if that is the case... although that wouldn't account for the odd keyboard issue.
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I would run a repair on Windows. Sounds like you've got some corruption on your OS.
