Computer help

[EbilCC]

Hi i always have this problem when get computer fixed the guys who fix it never put the right drivers inthe shops closed today i got home early.

what happens after i type abit it goes back like 20 spaces for eg and types over words making a mess. it also when scroll down goes back to top so have to go down with the down button to type rather annoying.

i was ttold before its the drivers. I have a packard bell I thought i downloaded the updated drivers but still not working. could it be something else? if so wat and were would i down load it?v

I have vista

[Quina Quen]

Try cleaning your keyboard!

[Drought]

sounds like mouse spasms

[ƒëmmë]

Try cleaning your keyboard!

was going to say that.. sounds like a stuck key.. and see if overwrite key has been checked ..

[Jack]

Split all of the useless crap. If you're going to post advice, then offer something far more useful than "buy a new computer/OS.' If you have a problem with the system he uses, then take it up in another topic. Do not spam this with your worthless opinions about the quality of a particular product.

You have been warned.

[Zeratul]

Looking at posts higher up here, we'd ask you how it messes up messages, is it any specific key or group of keys, or is there no pattern?

To see how things work, it might work for you to test by getting a different OS on a USB stick or a CD/DVD, to see whether error is still there. Such external OS things tend to get their own drivers, so that might show solution. Nice thing with some of those external OSes is that you can test-run without installing it. If such works and the problem is still there, then the problem is probably in the keyboard itself.

Oh, and we'd suggest trying to follow General Riviera's suggestion first, as it is far simpler to do.

[Quina Quen]

Some very good advise there Zeratul. Just another suggestion to add to the cleaning one though - try another keyboard entirely if possible. It could be something as simple as a defective keyboard as opposed to a dirty one. My computer has a terrible habit of rebooting from sleep mode the second it goes into it because of a dodgy space bar (which also causes long lines of spaces during typing occasionally). I live with it though, as it seldom happens.

[Drought]

is it a laptop or desktop ?
if its a laptop, check if your typing decently and not rubbing the mousepad
also, the mouse thing i said was not a joke
a defective keyboard does not select several characters of text and overwrites it with what you type
a spastic mouse on the other hand ... is able to select text and write over it withwhat you type


to check if all your hardware is installed, simple check the device manager to show hardware with no drivers, should be obvious from the list whats installed or not

[MEZZANINE]

The basics,

The keyboard

1) If it has a DIN connecter check none of the pins are bent out of shape

2) If it's a USB connecter, check if it's USB2 and make sure the USB port is a USB2, most PCs will have a couple of USB1 and a couple of USB2 ports, they run at different speeds, USB2 devices often run slow, dont run, or run with glitches if used in USB1 ports.

3) If it's a wireless keyboard, check the batteries and resync

4) Clean the keyboard with a un-used paintbrush and a gentle shake to get any crap out, Press each in order to see if they depress and rise back up equally with no resistance.

5) Is this keyboard made for use with Vista ? Vista keyboards have extra keys. If it is not a Vista keyboard forget the proper driver and try a generic driver for standard keyboards.

If problem persists look for common causes, type several times until the problem happens and check if it's a specific letter of combination of letters that cause it, also check the character count to see it a set number of key strokes cause it. Will at least give you a more specific problem to search by and save much time reading possible solution for other problems.