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How to Remap "Home" button on a Local Multimedia Keyboard without Driver
I recently purchased a multimedia keyboard (TECHNOTECH USB KEYBOARD 658) that is actually Made in China, and that doesn't come with ny driver CD or anything.
Here I want to map Home button to ...
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Can I make the Windows 8.1 on-screen touch keyboard semi-transparent?
Is there a way to make the standard Windows 8.1 on-screen touch keyboard semi-transparent? I simply want to be able to type underneath the keyboard and still see what I'm typing, like on the picture ...
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Keyboard unresponsive for first minute after booting Windows 8.1
When I initially boot into Windows 8.1, my keyboard responds very slowly, if at all, until roughly a minute after login. I can start typing, but there will be about 5-10 seconds between each keystroke ...
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My Logitech MK320 keyboard doesn't type anything
I have a wireless mouse/keyboard combo that worked fine until a few days ago. I used SCPToolkit to install my PS3 controller's drivers, and everything worked fine.
But then, I forgot where my ...
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Disable INSERT key in all applications
The Insert and Caps Lock keys just get in the way. This superuser question asks how to disable Insert, but appears to be for Windows 7 because it does nothing for me on Windows 8.1. I've been able to ...
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Shift+Ctrl+Tab not working in chrome with mapped Caps Lock key in Windows using SharpKeys
As suggested by this post, I used SharpKeys to map my Caps Lock key to Ctrl. A weird problem is that while other functions using this Caps Lock key as Ctrl works fine(like Caps Lock+Tab works fine in ...
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Repeated keypresses are ignored
So, I'm having trouble fixing my brothers computer.
The problem is that if I try to press a key more than once in succession every keypress but the first is ignored.
Holding a key down works as ...
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windows 8.1 computer keys not working
Ok so the problem is that the seven and four keys is not working. im using a asus x202e (a laptop) and its the main keybroad. sticky keys, filter keys are off. the keybroad must be connected using a ...
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Keyboard Lag on startup in windows 8/8.1/10
Ever since Windows 8 I've noticed an issue where there is a severe typing lag immediately after boot.
Typing into any field will suffer a lag of anywhere up to 2 seconds per keystroke. This ...
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shift key in windows 8.1 is typing other characters instead of 'shift'
A customer keyboard 'left shift' and 'right shift' keys are not working as a shift key. I checked the registry and there's no remap for those keys. This is what happens when I click shift. Those logs ...
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Keyboard and mouse not working Win 8.1 X64 , SSD, asus mb
Following a critical win update 2 days ago, the mouse and keyboard no longer work on win 8.1, X64 with SSD though mouse and keyboard work in bios, i have tried the following:
I can get into the ...
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Is there a way to "turn off" installed Windows Updates?
So I have a ASUS N550JK laptop with media keys - I recently factory reset it and all my Fn Keys were working (like the ones to change brightness/volume etc.) I installed a slew of Windows Updates and ...
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How to create new functions on laptop keyboard?
I got a new laptop, a Toshiba Portege Z30-A. It has a pointing stick (the dot in the middle, also called TrackPoint on Lenovo laptops) and it has the left and right click buttons. My old laptop used ...
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Can you screenshot only the focused window using hardware buttons on the Surface 3?
With a regular keyboard when you want to print only the focused window, instead of the entire screen, you use and hold Alt + Prt Scrn keys.
I just learned from this site two different methods to ...
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PC with Windows 8.1 boots from any key pressed
so I recently acquired and installed Windows 8.1 on my PC and yesterday I noticed that, while my PC is supposedly turned off, I can turn it on by pressing any key on the keyboard. I assume this is ...
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