B-rothers com-put-er hy-ph-ens all the -w-ords?

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  1. The Cox
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    As you can s-e-e, ev-erytim-e h-e types -it hy-phen-ates all -of his wo-rds and what not. I ch-eck-ed his lang-uage and k-eyb-oard lay-out. B-ut I think he hit something on his com-put-er to mak-e it do this.

    Als-o -push the left ar-row k-ey and it does this -------- -which is -retarded l-ol I'm als-o scan-n-ing his c-om-put-er j-ust in cas-e but any ideas?
     
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    Well I changed it to another english (US) keyboard and it seems to have fixed the issue for now. But any suggestions on how it did that?
     
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    some kind of playful virus? possibly?
     
  4. BobFromMarketing
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    Tried just plugging in another keyboard? A sensor may be stuck
     
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    its a laptop.
     
  6. BobFromMarketing
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    Plug in a USB keyboard and type with that. If it works then you have a hardware issue. If it doesn't then its software, fixing it goes from there. Attack the source not the symptom.
     
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    The pad the keys are circuited through likely has a short and you'll probably need to replace it.
     
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    One thing I ran into once was a guy said his computer was always hitting minus when he pressed plus. (Accountant type, so he relied heavily on the numeric keypad).

    Turned out to be a sesame seed stuck between the plus and minus keys...

    (May not be applicable in this case)
     
  9. The Cox
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    well its only like 4-5 months old. But I changed the keyboard layout from the default and then back to the original US default and it seems to be working just fine.
     
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    Might have been something stuck that was activating the other sensor. Is the laptop keyboard individual mechanical keys or chiclet?
     
  11. The Cox
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    lol chiclet :p

    Nah its mechanical
     
  12. BobFromMarketing
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    Why is that lol? That's what it's called.
     
  13. The Cox
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    I know.. I have always laughed at that. I always jump immediately to the little gum that you used to get in those 25c gumball machines..
     
  14. BobFromMarketing
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    Oh ya, definitely. To be fair a themed keyboard like that would be hilariously awesome.
     
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    The original post here is a grammar nazi's nightmare.
     
  16. The Cox
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    I know, right? Just glad I fixed it for him. Was driving both he and I nuts.
     
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    Oh please tell me this exists somewhere!
     
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    Big League Chew, imo.