The Caps lock keeps changing on my keyboard?

Question

The caps lock on my keyboard keeps changing, there are 3 lIghts including the caps lock light and they keep flashing and it is really annoying as it changes the case when i am writing.

sometimes it flashes really fast and does it for ages which means the case i am writing in changes after every letter, and sometimes it just stays the same for a while and randomly flicks the caps lock on, or off.

i have changed the keyboard but still have the same problem, please help.

thank you

Answer 1

Those lights and their functions can be controlled from the computer, and that sounds like just the sort of prank one of your friends -- or enemies -- might have pulled on you.  It might be time for some malware scanning.

If you have an anti-virus, I suggest you make sure it has the latest virus definitions and run a scan with it in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking.  Both often prevent malware from protecting itself.  If you don’t have one, many people here swear by AVG (it’s free).

I suggest you also download Ad-Aware 2008 and Spybot S&D (they’re free), install them, update them and run them. If any of the above (or any anti-malware, for that matter) doesn’t seem to be able to run properly or get rid of everything it reports finding, try running it again in Safe Mode.

Also, turn off System Restore to evict any copies of bad stuff that might be lurking there.  

To get into Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking:

1. Log out and reboot your machine.

2. When the machine starts the reboot sequence, press the F8 key repeatedly.

3. Select Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking from the resulting menu.

4. When the login screen comes up, log in as Administrator.  By default, Administrator has no password.

5. The machine will continue booting, but the Windows desktop will look different.  

6. When you're finished doing what you need to do, log out and reboot back into normal mode.

Note that even if the anti-malware programs get rid of the malware, they may not be able to reverse the effects.  Search the Web for possible fixes.

Update and run everything regularly, not just when you think you already have malware.

Good luck.

Answer 2

If you have msn PLUS live messenger the add-one - ONLY IF and you have it there is an add on called key-flasher so that your caps lock, num lock and scroll lock lights flash when you receive a message but sometimes it's set to too may flashes that it goes on forever. Go to script preferances and disable it or delete it. It's called Key Flasher.

Hope this helps.

Dan

Answer 3

has your keyboard got batteries if it has replace thm