[Technology] Aaarg. Windows 10 help needed

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Booted my old Win 10 desktop as normal this morning, but can't log in. The keyboard and mouse are alive, and Windows recognises that a key-press has been made, but it's not showing on the screen, and the cursor doesn't advance. So, I can get the log-in box, but can't type anything in it! I can't boot to safe mode because it doesn't recognise the shift key. Is there another way to get in?

 

Dick Swiveller

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• Aug 22, 2020

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Do you have another keyboard you can try? Or plug it into another port. Keyboard driver might have gone funny.

 

Dick Swiveller

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Few things here to try.

https://appuals.com/fix-windows-10-keyboard-not-working-at-login/

If the mouse works, can you select the On Screen keyboard option and put your password in using that?

 

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Panic over! The Ctrl key was jammed in! So, I knew the keyboard was responding - Esc and Space etc were fine, but everything else was being modified. Phew!

 

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Dick Swiveller said:

Few things here to try.

https://appuals.com/fix-windows-10-keyboard-not-working-at-login/

If the mouse works, can you select the On Screen keyboard option and put your password in using that?

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Thanks. Worth knowing!

 

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Oxy McFloppie-Tish said:

Panic over! The Ctrl key was jammed in! So, I knew the keyboard was responding - Esc and Space etc were fine, but everything else was being modified. Phew!

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My Ctrl key got stuck the other day. Given how rarely it is used, they seem to be sticking more than they should. Always a pain though as you get no input that you would from another stuck key.

 

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Oxy McFloppie-Tish said:

Panic over! The Ctrl key was jammed in! So, I knew the keyboard was responding - Esc and Space etc were fine, but everything else was being modified. Phew!

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By a food crumb? That happened to me.

 

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Weststander said:

By a food crumb? That happened to me.

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No, I don't eat at my desk. It was fine when I switched off last night, so I don't know how it got stuck in.

 

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What sort of films were you watching on it last night?

 

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Oxy McFloppie-Tish said:

Panic over! The Ctrl key was jammed in! So, I knew the keyboard was responding - Esc and Space etc were fine, but everything else was being modified. Phew!

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Norman Potting

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Probably a sign of being sad but every month or so I turn my keyboard over and give it a good shake. Surprising how much crud comes out.