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ok i reinstalled the Viber desktop client, and it fixed it, for now at least

 

but thx for the ctrl shift tip! will try it next time if it happens again

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Hi everyone!

 

i encountered a problem with my CM Storm Quickfire Ultimate. Sometimes my keyboard freaks out and starts typing random letters, like i am trying to type on the regular alphabet and suddenly the output is various symbols, from the German language or random symbols like 1/2 , 1/4 or the copyright symbol or whatever it chooses to type. It goes away after a reboot but i still am curious what is happening? if its just something i pressed unconsciously or what.

 

anybody had the same type of problem?

 

 

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Seeing as how the letters are particularly unusual, it may not be this, but the most common cause is accidentally changing the layout/language by hitting "control + shift".  Yes, just "control + shift", and no other key.  Yes, it's strange, but that cycles through all of the options you have set up (even if you never picked any, it's possible more than 1 was in the list by default)

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ok i identified that it occurs when i start the Viber desktop application, for those who wonder it looks like this......  ÁßÐáðßðß³çø¶ ¤€²³¤¼³¾€¼¾ó‘  what the actual F.....

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Seeing as how the letters are particularly unusual, it may not be this, but the most common cause is accidentally changing the layout/language by hitting "control + shift".  Yes, just "control + shift", and no other key.  Yes, it's strange, but that cycles through all of the options you have set up (even if you never picked any, it's possible more than 1 was in the list by default)

isn't it alt + shift?
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I had this with skype I think I just restarted and replugged my keyboard

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ok i identified that it occurs when i start the Viber desktop application, for those who wonder it looks like this......  ÁßÐáðßðß³çø¶ ¤€²³¤¼³¾€¼¾ó‘  what the actual F.....

if i'my not mistaken those are random symbols that windows use when a language pack is missing
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isn't it alt + shift?

update: actually, that's a related but different thing to what I'm talking about.  Didn't know that one ;)

 

But I've always used control, and when others start randomly typing French letters mysteriously, it's always control that fixes it.

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well f**k,I have to buy a new keyboard again :(

Hold on, I did some quick searches; see edit above

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ok i reinstalled the Viber desktop client, and it fixed it, for now at least

 

but thx for the ctrl shift tip! will try it next time if it happens again

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ok i reinstalled the Viber desktop client, and it fixed it, for now at least

 

but thx for the ctrl shift tip! will try it next time if it happens again

good to hear!  If it holds, mark your answer as the right solution :)

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good to hear!  If it holds, mark your answer as the right solution :)

 

I will for sure! just want to give it a day, will return to this post tomorrow to mark it solved if it holds ^^

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