nelle wrote:

> as in my post title, my "insert" key is permanently in "depressed"
> mode. No it's not having mood swings (!!), it just acts as if I'm
> always pressing it although I'm not. I know this because: 1)
> continuous beeps issue at start up like when you're pressing a key
> that you shouldn't be pressing, and 2) everytime I start Word the
> insert mode keeps flickering on and off rapidly, causing me to
> overwrite erratically when I intend to insert instead.
> Does anyone know if there's some combination of keys (some combi
> using Ctrl, Alt, Tab?) that locks other keys? I suspect I may have
> hit the combi cos those 3 function keys were in heavy use just before
> the problem started 3 days ago. I've been trying random combis but
> none of them have solved the problem so far. (I'm running a Win XP).


That sounds very much like a problem with the keyboard itself. If so, it's
worth trying to fix. Keyboards are cheap and you should probably just
replace it.

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