Down arrow key that works on its own
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Hello!
I've had a problem with my computer for several months. I've had it for not very long, but I'm not sure if this issue has always been there (I think it has, but I'm not 100% sure).
When I play games, the down arrow key stays pressed (not physically) even when I'm not touching it. As soon as I remove the key mapping in the game, the problem goes away. Logically, I suppose I need to change my keyboard since it seems to be malfunctioning, but I'm having doubts. The issue only occurs in games and not on web pages, for example. When I press the down arrow key on web pages, the page scrolls normally. So I'm wondering if it really is the keyboard, because logically, if the key stays pressed in games, it should also be pressed absolutely everywhere that key can be used.
I also just tested my keyboard keys on a website, and the down arrow key never appears as being pressed.
Does anyone have a solution?
1 réponse
Hello,
Maybe a program is interfering?
Check what you have in automatic startup with Autoruns.
You can download Autoruns here, extract everything into a new folder, and run it as an administrator.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
Take your time, look at all the details, do some research.
In the "Logon" and "Scheduled Tasks" tabs, you can disable or remove unnecessary third-party items from automatic startup that are not important to Microsoft or Windows, either by unchecking them or by right-clicking > Delete.
Check the "Services" tab, but do not disable them if they are sometimes useful; it’s better to set them to "Manual" mode (to start on demand) with Windows services.msc, by right-clicking on the Start button > Run: services.msc
With Autoruns, you have the list of non-Windows services, so that helps.
Changes will take effect after restarting Windows.