[pchelpers] Re: Keyboard Problem

Most interesting problem.  The operating system is obviously trying to 
display an error message, but is substituting 'n' for 'm'. If these 
letters are appearing correctly in other places, such as emails, web 
pages or documents, then the display card character set is ok. If not, 
check the VGA card. If this only happens in system error messages, then 
the files containing those messages have been damaged (corrupted), and 
you need to replace them. System File Checker may do that for you.

If it ONLY happens when you are typing, then the bug is in the keyboard, 
possibly on a track connecting those keys, or inside the keyboard 
control chip. If that is likely, swapping for a known good keyboard 
(power off) will prove it.

George T. Cox wrote:

>My keyboard will not type the letter "m". It types "n" instead. But it's 
>not just the keyboard. Windows gave me this error message at the dos 
>prompt: Bad connand or file nane. What's going on? If I had recognized 
>that it was happening, even when the computer was doing the typing, I 
>would not have just bought this new keyboard and mouse since there must 
>not have been anything wrong with the old ones. Does anyone have a clue 
>to this problem? It means I cannot type addresses in DOS that end in 
>".com " . I have my ISP sending a tech tomorrow to find out why my cable 
>throughput is so low. He will be limited in what he can do if he can't 
>use the DOS prompt. Help, please.
>
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