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Resolved Question

caps lock is broken

May 17, 2019 6:42PM PDT

idk why it happened or what caused it but my caps lock is broken whenever i press the button it doesnt change the thing too uppercase or lowercase it does nothing and i have to hold shift to change it to uppercase and its not really that annoying but sometimes instead of holding it for uppercase for some reason its uppercase and i hold it for lowercase which is just annoying and i searched it up and either its not for windows 10 or it just simply doesnt fix it i need help

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What is this PC?
May 17, 2019 7:10PM PDT

For keyboard issues both laptop and desktop I pull out a good USB keyboard to test if this is a software issue. Do that first before attempting fixes as you don't want to break your OS over a hardware issue.

No USB keyboard? Try the on screen keyboard for a test run.

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(NT) good idea
May 20, 2019 6:35PM PDT
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Caps Lock
May 21, 2019 6:50AM PDT

Hi, PC expert here (so ive been told)

Have you tried turning it on and off again or pulling the key off and putting it back on, works for me every time when i get my Doritos crumbs in there, easy to scoop out when the key is removed, im guessing that is the same issue with you.