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StrangeKeyStroke

 
 
Reply Sun 22 Feb, 2026 02:52 pm
With my new computer, I keep getting occasional sightings of a keystroke problem. When I start tapping on forward slash or back slash, I get the letter e with an accent above it. I canèt figure out what I am doing that makes this happen. It seems to go away on its own in a little while, or maybe I am inadvertently fixing the problem through my subsequent tapping. Anyone know what causes thisÉ
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jespah
 
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Reply Sun 22 Feb, 2026 03:55 pm
@sportshistorybuff,
Are you hitting the ctrl key by mistake? Possibly with num lock on.
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fobvius
 
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Reply Sun 22 Feb, 2026 07:48 pm
@sportshistorybuff,
If you accidentally touch ctrl and shift with more than one language installed on the computer then you would move around eg. US QWERTY, International, and Canadian French.

Settings → Time & Language → Language & Region → Keyboards
shows the exact list of languages Windows is cycling through on your computer.

If you don't require other languages then in Options allow only US QWERTY and inadvertent language change is precluded.



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