HP wireless keyboard problem

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I have a wireless keyboard / mouse that suddenly started acting strangely.

I changed batteries and that seemed to help for a short period.

While typing it seems there is something in background grabbing all of the machines cycles and I only get a portion of the letters typed. I checked task mgr and can’t see anything taking over system.

When trying to make multple selections using “Ctrl” it loses focus and I have to resort to singles selections at a time.

Do these keyboards some times just wear out – is it time for a new keyboard?

Thanks

Tom

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Do these keyboards some times just wear out – is it time for a new keyboard?
Tom

ANYTHING can wear over time, even us!

How old is the unit? How much use does it get?
Have you checked for updated drivers from the manufacturer?

I don’t use wireless hardware but wired units are dirt cheap these days and even wireless is relatively inexpensive, so how much time you spend troubleshooting this problem, probably isn’t worth it.

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Thanks Bob – I will break down and pop for a new one

Tom

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I have a wireless keyboard / mouse that suddenly started acting strangely.

In addition to what Bob said, I always suggest to people that you check your antivirus and/or malware software to see if one of them might be hogging a resource and thus inhibiting the mouse/keyboard.

You can’t always tell from Task Manager, so you may have to temporarily disable something to see if the problem abates.

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