[pchelpers] Re: Keyboard Problem

I've already bought a new keyboard and mouse and there is no change.

 

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John Durham wrote:

>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:
>
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>
>>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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