[dba-Tech] Bizarre keyboard issue

[Daniel Waters]

Hi Gustav,

I have a Kinesis Freestyle keyboard which has a 'Function' key at the very bottom left corner.  The keyboard does not have a numberpad on the right side.  Pushing the function key allows some keys on the keyboard to act as a numberpad instead of letters.  U becomes 4, J becomes 1, and so on.  Once in a while I accidentally hit that key and then all goes haywire from what I'm expecting and then - I remember ... !

Does your keyboard have something like that?

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: December 19, 2018 6:55
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Bizarre keyboard issue

Hi Arthur

It could be a numlock or capslock issue ...

/gustav

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> På vegne af Arthur Fuller
Sendt: 19. december 2018 13:35
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Emne: [dba-Tech] Bizarre keyboard issue

I have a Dell UltraBook. I have never got used to its native keyboard and built-in mousepad or whatever you call it, and so have a wireless keyboard/mouse installed on it. When I try to enter my login password, using the wireless keyboard, I get the message "incorrect password". If I disable the wireless keyboard, restart, and enter exactly the same password using the built-in keyboard, it works. WTF?
One more thing. When the wireless keyboard is attached, the built-in keyboard is disabled. I think there's a setting to change that, but I forget where it is. (It's Windows 10.) Changing that so I could use either keyboard would solve the problem, perhaps not ideally, but then at least I could log on using the built-in and thereafter use the wireless keyboard.
I've never seen anything like this before. All three of my computers have identical Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse. None of the other two exhibit this peculiar behaviour.
Any guesses as to why this occurs? Or how to fix it? Or find that setting that enables both keyboards?
TIA.

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Arthur 


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