Alt, Shift, Ctlr all messed up.

[Mr~J]

This has been happening since I got this laptop; the alt, shift, and control keys don't release until i press another key. For example, I press the "Shift" key, and wait 15 minutes, and type, "Hi" The first letter is automatically capitolized -- shift isn't pressed down though. Does anyone know a fix to this?

[Geekazoid]

This has been happening since I got this laptop; the alt, shift, and control keys don't release until i press another key. For example, I press the "Shift" key, and wait 15 minutes, and type, "Hi" The first letter is automatically capitolized -- shift isn't pressed down though. Does anyone know a fix to this?

Oh! That's a rather weird problem. Never had that one before. It could be a driver issue, that'd be my guess. But since it's happening on your laptop you'd have to find the appropriate driver for it.

EDIT: Forgot to ask, what's the make and model of your laptop?

Edited March 14, 2014 by Geekazoid

[Mr~J]

The problem is, it looks like Acer has already dropped support for my laptop model (Acer Aspire V5-552G-8632).

EDIT: OS Running Windows 8.1 64-Bit

[Geekazoid]

The problem is, it looks like Acer has already dropped support for my laptop model (Acer Aspire V5-552G-8632).

EDIT: OS Running Windows 8.1 64-Bit

Okay, thanks. I'll have a good look for ya mate!

[Mr~J]

Thanks, I appreciate that!

[slasher0161]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StickyKeys

There you go

Thanks, I appreciate that!

[Mr~J]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StickyKeys

There you go

 

The problem doesn't appear to be sticky keys related. I've tinkered with it, turning it on and off, turning off select settings, although it did not affect my issue.

[Geekazoid]

The problem doesn't appear to be sticky keys related. I've tinkered with it, turning it on and off, turning off select settings, although it did not affect my issue.

Hmm, when did you buy this laptop?

[Mr~J]

Hmm, when did you buy this laptop?

I've had it for about 8 months.

[Geekazoid]

I've had it for about 8 months.

Hmm, okay.

Good news! I found the drivers for your laptop. They're located here » (http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers).

All you have to do is select the following from the list:

and you should see this below:

I hope that helps.

[Mr~J]

Thanks, I had forgot to input "UltraThin" When searching for my model.  The issue is, I'm on Windows 8.1, which has a lack of drivers, and I've already installed them all.

[Geekazoid]

Thanks, I had forgot to input "UltraThin" When searching for my model. The issue is, I'm on Windows 8.1, which has a lack of drivers, and I've already install them all.

Well, one can only try. Give them a whirl and see how ya go.

There shouldn't actually be that much difference between Windows 8 vs 8.1 drivers because it's pretty much the same OS.

[Mr~J]

I'm a little bit scared to do any thing else related to my graphic drivers, it was a hassle getting them to work, and it completely messed up my laptop before. I will probably cope to the problem until I find a safe fix.

Thanks for your efforts in helping!

[Geekazoid]

I'm a little bit scared to do any thing else related to my graphic drivers, it was a hassle getting them to work, and it completely messed up my laptop before. I will probably cope to the problem until I find a fix.

Thanks for your efforts in helping!

Ah okay and no worries mate! Always a pleasure to help such a polite person like yourself. I hope that you're able to fix it soon. Good luck to ya mate!