Toshiba laptop locked in Ctrl, letters will not type, I even completely reinstalled Windows..10 points!?

It could be a couple of things - bad keyboard, ctrl key locked down (look at the keys - I had a Windows key locked down last night - drove me nuts for a minute). I doesn't seem to be sticky keys, or something out of sync - not if you reinstalled Windows.

Can you fix the built-in keyboard? That depends on what's wrong with it. If it's a shorted key, probably not - they're sealed. If you dripped coffee of soda or something on it, maybe. first do a visual inspection of the keys - if a spring failed, a key could be stuck down. then try an external keyboard (borrow one) to see if it's the keyboard or something else. It would be a shame to mess up the keyboard only to find out that the problem was somewhere else.

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Toshiba laptop locked in Ctrl, letters will not type, I even completely reinstalled Windows..10 points!?

toshiba laptop with windows xp is locked in Ctrl mode, letters will not type I even cleared the hard drive to like new form but still it will not type what could the problem be? And I do not have an external keyboard to try right now, so I just need to know if I can fix the built in one and if so...

Toshiba Laptop Keyboard Locked

OMG!! You completely reinstalled windows?

Here's some suggestions:

-Try pressing both left and right ctrl keys at the same time and see if that releases it.

-Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel / Accessibility Options /

Keyboard Options.

Turn off CTRL lock if it's on.

If that solves it and to avoid future problems, press "Settings"

Turn off "Press modifier key twice to lock".

That's all I can think of?

Hope that helps!