Extra spacing problem

[Rube E. Tewesday]

All of a sudden, when I'm typing on my home computer and hit the "space" bar, either I get no space at all, or about five spaces. Happens in every program.

It's annoying the heck out of me.

Same kinda thing happened a couple years ago, then just seemed to stop on its own before I could diagnose it.

Any theories?

[Glazer]

Maybe a stuck keypress detector in your keyboard? Try a new keyboard and see if it goes away.

[Rube E. Tewesday]

Maybe a stuck keypress detector in your keyboard? Try a new keyboard and see if it goes away.

yeah, glazer, i was considering that, thing is, it requires an extra keyboard, which i don't have

am also considering brutal use of clawhammer

[Glazer]

Get a new keyboard first. Wile satisfying the clawhammer is a bit more expensive.

[Rube E. Tewesday]

Yeah, guess I might as well just lay out a few bucks for a new keyboard, and if that works, clawhammer the old one.

[WhyNot]

Have you tried taking the keyboard, holding it upside down and shaking the hell out of it?

I could feed a flock of birds with the crumbs that get stuck in my keyboard, and occasionally, they will make the keys wonky.

[Rube E. Tewesday]

Have you tried taking the keyboard, holding it upside down and shaking the hell out of it?

I could feed a flock of birds with the crumbs that get stuck in my keyboard, and occasionally, they will make the keys wonky.

Have tried that, but may up the violence level, thanks.

[Exy]

You don't have any other keyboards? Maybe it's a bad sign but between working with computers and owning computers, I'm used to always having extra keyboards and mice lying around. A basic keyboard (i.e. at least equivalent to whatever you're using if you're not the kind of person with extra keyboards lying around ) is cheap enough that buying one and plugging it in should probably be your first step, since it's most likely a malfunction on the keyboard end rather than the computer end.

[Rube E. Tewesday]

You don't have any other keyboards? Maybe it's a bad sign but between working with computers and owning computers, I'm used to always having extra keyboards and mice lying around. A basic keyboard (i.e. at least equivalent to whatever you're using if you're not the kind of person with extra keyboards lying around ) is cheap enough that buying one and plugging it in should probably be your first step, since it's most likely a malfunction on the keyboard end rather than the computer end.

Yeah, this is what I'm starting to figure out. I've been pretty lax about back-up stuff for the desktop since we've also got a laptop and a netbook, but really should be able to use the desktop at full capacity.

Thanks,

Rube

[Rube E. Tewesday]

Ok, gonna get me those backup keyboards, but in the short-term, did a little poking around on the Net and discovered this is a known problem with Logitech keyboards, and there are some fixes...I went with the simplest, and am good for the moment.

thanks again