Arrow keys not working on games

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MorayDeath

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#62825 15-Jun-2010 16:19

im using windows XP Sp2

it seems ANY game that requires the arrow keys, when i press left or right, the thing im controlling will stick and go in that direction perminatly, and i have 2 alt+ctrl+del to do anything, its

ive tryed using the arrow keys on the num pad but it just does the same, theres nothing stuck under my keys, ive tryed other keyboards, but still no luck... any ideas what could be wrong

its not sticky keys, they are turned OFF

but whats weird is i was playing Stepmaina... which uses the arrow keys, and it works perfectly which makes no sense... wtf

MorayDeath

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#342454 16-Jun-2010 21:23

104 views and no replys? some one help please

richms

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#342469 16-Jun-2010 22:09

uninstall any keyboard or mouse crapware and see how that goes.

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Ragnor

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#342598 17-Jun-2010 11:00

Wow SP2, you a probably missing a ton of updates and fixes.

For a start I would install SP3 and other critical windows updates, you might find that resolves the issue.

Windows XP SP2 is an unsupported product since April 2010.

MorayDeath

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#342732 17-Jun-2010 16:58

Ragnor: Wow SP2, you a probably missing a ton of updates and fixes.

For a start I would install SP3 and other critical windows updates, you might find that resolves the issue.

Windows XP SP2 is an unsupported product since April 2010.

haha lol >.< thats just me and my fail pc... lol i guess ill do that haha

MorayDeath

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#343006 18-Jun-2010 13:32

btw my computers not that fail its got good hardwere i just realy need to update the drivers and software lol

Kaos36

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#349536 9-Jul-2010 15:03

You don't have a joystick connected at the back of your pc do you? For the life of me, i would have this problem you mention with some games, pulling my hair out trying to solve it and found it happen whenever the joystick was plugged in. I blame the games and lazy programming, the joystick was disabled in the game settings yet whenever i pushed a movement key the screen would go on forever. Disconnect the joystick and problem solved.

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