Help! My Shift key is stuck!

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I had my two shift keys not working, and the XP short cuts, too (windows_key+e = explore, etc).
All the short cuts they were opening the start button menu.

I connected a PS/2 keyboard and all working normally.

I disconnected my normal keyboard (creative wireless 8000) three times, but no joy.

All the accessibility options not selected.

I selected the Use Stickykeys and I did the next test.

On the notepad, I hit the shift, I release it, I hit any letter (a for example), and bingo! I had A on the notepad!

What was happening on my PC? My keyboard wasn’t able to manage two keys at the same time. Why? BECAUSE THE BATTERIES!!!!

Yes, I change the batteries on the wireless keyboard and all working perfect.
I’m using the little Creative’s program who tell me if the caps lock is activate, or the num lock is in use., And this program need to tell me if the battery is low (putting in yellow the keyboard icon. But it didn’t!!)

Thanks to Microsoft for the Stickykeys program, it helped me to find the problem
And this proves me, one more time that hardware, or not Microsoft software, causes almost all the problems on PC. But is so easy to blame Microsoft because we don’t find the causes of our problems. True as well, that sometimes is MS fault but one time in hundred?

For anyone who has their SHIFT key stuck on, causing you to highlight text when clicking on it (such as in a word processor), just unplug the keyboard and plug it in again.

It worked for me.

NO! Please don't do that with the power on. On some computers you can damage your keyboard. It's also likely that your keyboard won't work again until you reboot. Rebooting (including turning off the power) will do everything that unplugging would have.

NM I fixed it (Im sorry to bother you I should have waited and tryed mroe things its seems both of the keyboards i tryed had the shift key stuck literaly so im using this 3rd one and the lesson learned is take time and calm down dont hit sensative equipment)

first of all, i am on a presario x1000 laptop with windows xp home edition. for some reason, my shift, alt, ctr, and the windows keys dont work. ive tried messing around with stick keys, ive turned it off ive changed the settings, ive tried evrything. also when i follow the directions of sticky keys, like how ur supposed to type shift then a letter to get a capital letter this is what i get kl12sdff56
see i cant get anything. please email me some help at thisisntzach at hotmail.com remember i cant press shift so i couldnt put the at symbol. pleeeeeease help my mom is mad

please reply, i need help desperately

Offhand is sounds like a broken keyboard. I would plug in an external keyboard, and if that works properly, that pretty much nails it.

Hello, I have a Toshiba Satellite P25-S507 Laptop, and the SHIFT key is broken, I mean is loose, I would like to know if can I buy only the plastic key? and where can I buy. Thank you. Leo

You'll need to check with Toshiba, I think.

contril panel >accessibility option>stiky keys>setting>turn stiky keys off

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