I have a brand new Dell Studio XPS 1340.
I am experiencing the identical problem as per below.
Have called Dell (and waited for 45 mins)and they don't know of a fix. Say they have not heard of this problem!
Keyboard works fine in all Office applications but fails to recognise characters when completing web forms and web mail..
Fustrating!
My keyboard works fine as long as I stay out of Internet Explorer!
I can type 60 wpm with astounding accuracy in all MS Office applications. Yet in IE, the only place I can type is the address bar!
My keyboard seems to be failing in all text boxes below the address bar.
EX:
jjjjjjjjj (pressed j key 10 times) 9 j's
ffffffff (pressed f key 10 times) 8 f's
iiiiiiii (pressed f key 10 times) 8 i's
rrrrrrr (pressed f key 10 times) 7 r's
jnta (tried to type jonathan at speed)
ths i blu (the sky is blue)
I updtedt ie 8adupdate my jav (I updated to IE 8 and updated my java)
When in Internet Explorer I am limited to maybe 20 words a minute. Sometimes I have to press a key 5 or 6 times to see the character in the text box.
I have alot of tech experience and am completely baffled!

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