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Windows 7 behaving as if shift key is depressed
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Mar 15, 202671378 viewsConfidence Score0%
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My computer is behaving as if the shift key is depressed, but letters still come out lowercase. For example, if I click somewhere in text, it shift-selects the entire text to wherever I click. Numbers come out like %^&&*. When I click icons on the desktop, it shift-selects the icons. Clicking on a …
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Fix for: Windows 7 behaving as if shift key is depressed
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I had nearly the same exact problem except that I would get upper case letters when typing. I tried everything I could think of to get it fixed. What wound up fixing the issue for me was opening up the onscreen keyboard. I have no idea why this work…
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