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Keyboard locked after holding down shift key
Hello all! My mother inadvertently held down the right shift key, and the
dialog box for filterkeys popped up. She hit cancel, thinking that would make the box go away. It did make the box go away, but now the mouse is not working correctly (ie: clicking on the save button opens the open file dialog box), and the keyboard is completely locked up. Opening a new word file you can not type a thing, the keyboard just beeps at you. FYI, this is true in Excel as well. Help! |
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Answer: Keyboard locked after holding down shift key
Hi there! It sounds like your mother accidentally activated the Filter Keys feature in Windows, which can cause the keyboard to lock up and the mouse to behave strangely. Here's how you can disable Filter Keys and restore normal functionality to your computer:
Once you've disabled Filter Keys, your keyboard and mouse should start working normally again. If you're still having issues, you may need to restart your computer to fully reset the settings.
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Keyboard locked after holding down shift key
In Windows, click on Start | Control Panel | Accessibility Options |
Keyboard tab | uncheck the "Use FilterKeys" and "Use StickyKeys" boxes | OK. Ninarai wrote: Hello all! My mother inadvertently held down the right shift key, and the dialog box for filterkeys popped up. She hit cancel, thinking that would make the box go away. It did make the box go away, but now the mouse is not working correctly (ie: clicking on the save button opens the open file dialog box), and the keyboard is completely locked up. Opening a new word file you can not type a thing, the keyboard just beeps at you. FYI, this is true in Excel as well. Help! |
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Keyboard locked after holding down shift key
Hitting "Shift" 5 times will bring up the dialog also, which is what your
mother probably did. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: In Windows, click on Start | Control Panel | Accessibility Options | Keyboard tab | uncheck the "Use FilterKeys" and "Use StickyKeys" boxes | OK. Ninarai wrote: Hello all! My mother inadvertently held down the right shift key, and the dialog box for filterkeys popped up. She hit cancel, thinking that would make the box go away. It did make the box go away, but now the mouse is not working correctly (ie: clicking on the save button opens the open file dialog box), and the keyboard is completely locked up. Opening a new word file you can not type a thing, the keyboard just beeps at you. FYI, this is true in Excel as well. Help! |
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