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One day, I booted up my PC and noticed my keyboard was typing incorrectly. Sometimes it will 'time out' for a second or two, ignoring any key input. Sometimes, it will freeze on a key I just pressed, repeating the key infinitely until it recognizes I've pressed another key.

Example

I will type the phrase let's go to the beach on the keyboard now:

ltssssss gooooooooooooooooooo te bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbch

What I've tried

  1. Changing Repeat Delay settings
  2. Going to Device Manager, Uninstalling all keyboard/usb drivers; restarting. Used to work; doesn't anymore.
  3. Getting a full driver update from CCleaner
  4. Getting rid of all 3rd-party keyboard software + registry entries. (used to use a Razer keyboard)

I've ruled out hardware issues because I bought a new keyboard a while back and had the same problem... Even text entry in the On-Screen Keyboard misses or repeats sometimes; though its rare.

I've been searching using the keyboard as the issue, but when the problem occurs, my mouse and mic also give me problems...

I've had this issue for a few years, but after an update last night my usual tricks don't work. I have no idea what to do now.

I have verified that this issue does not happen when I boot into Safe Mode.

Specs

Windows 10 Pro 21H1 19043.1237 x64

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz

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  • Open Windows in Safe Mode with nothing at all loaded and check the Keyboard operation in Safe Mode.
    – anon
    Commented Sep 16, 2021 at 19:20
  • Uninstalling USB drivers for your keyboard and mouse is an almost guaranteed way of causing more harm to your system than good, and I have never seen anyone with this problem, actually solve a keyboard/mouse problem by uninstalling the default USB device drivers for those devices. I would agree, boot into Safe Mode, and verify the problem exists there and edit your question.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Sep 16, 2021 at 20:23
  • @Ashton French: Does you keyboard connected directly to the computer or perhaps you are using an KVM Switch, an extension cord?
    – Jackdaw
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 21:59
  • @John apologies for the delay, the issue just popped up for the first time in a month. The issue does not show when I boot up in Safe Mode.
    – Ashton French
    Commented Oct 19, 2021 at 19:19

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