little keyboard problem with XP -- righthand parenthesis

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sussmanbern@hotmail.com - 01 May 2008 16:52 GMT

I have been running Windows XP for some years now. I recently noticed
that the righthand parenthesis (Shift+zero) does not work (nothing,
not even a black space, appears) in a session unless and until I hit
the CTRL key, and then the parenthesis works for the remainder of the
session.

I thought this was a defect with my keyboard, but I replaced the
keyboard and still have the same problem.

I'd appreciate instructions, explanation, or whatever.

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tkorbel - 02 May 2008 03:43 GMT

Your best bet to find the problem is to locate the keyboard dialog box-
Start, control panel, printers and other hardware, keyboard. Click the
hardware tab. There will be a "device status" message. If the message says
device is working properly, click the troubleshoot button. You should be able
to find something helpful there.

> I have been running Windows XP for some years now. I recently noticed
> that the righthand parenthesis (Shift+zero) does not work (nothing,
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> I'd appreciate instructions, explanation, or whatever.

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sussmanbern@hotmail.com - 04 May 2008 12:59 GMT

Thank you enormously!!!
The rest of you may think that this was moronic easy .... I am
definitely non-techie but I went through a dozen expensive books on
the XP without finding an answer.

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