Re: [Hampshire] Stuck F1 key?

On 17 October 2010 18:19, Victor Churchill <victorchurchill@???>wrote:

> My laptop seems to have got its F1 key permanently stuck. Or rather,
> it seems to be continuously generating a stream of key press events
> that look to the system as if F1 is being repeatedly hit.
>
> This seems to be a bit sporadic, not happening all the time but is
> pretty disabling.
> I get these characters everywhere from login onwards.
>

You are not alone. I have the same problem with the "\" key. I think your
problem is obviously more annoying! I've not tried any of Chris' solutions,
but maybe I'll be brave later. Either that or a new laptop - this one's
seven years old, which in laptop years is pretty elderly!

Graeme