Hi, Sometimes when I turn my laptop on its as if the CTRL BUTTON is locked on. When I click on one of my shortcuts on the desktop it highlights all of them above it and when I click on the Firefox shortcut it just brings up the Properties of the shortcut.

When I do open Firefox I can't type anything and when I press B it brings up the Bookmarks and just now pressed CTRL and ALT and it started to allow me to type after that.

Holding the CTRL button sometimes helps it but sometimes it can stay on for a while and can happen during use of the laptop.

Anybody any ideas?

Thanks


Laptop make and model? AGE? Operating system? Service pack? Other issues? Malware protection?

See below.Packard Bell

Think its then Easy One series and about 5 years old.

XP

SP1

No other problems

I use AVG, Ad-aware, MICROSOFT Antivirus, Spy SWEEPER, Zone Alarm and SpybotInstall Service Pack 2.If it persists after that (and not until!) then consider a failing KEYBOARD. Sometimes a little air can help, but not if it's an electrical contact problem.Thanks for the helpAnd make sure to grab and install SP2 as suggested because as of last week you no longer have support from the Mothership...

patio. 8-)