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So i recently spilled some beer on my keyboard and i noticed that the "T" key stopped working. So I swapped it out with a new keyboard but now the problem persists? But about 10 minutes after i restart the computer. it works for a little bit, hence this post. But soon it will stop, and not even the "On-Screen Keyboard" will register the "T" key.

I am running Windows 7 and really have no idea what is going on. Any help appreciated!

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    I am this is a software problem, despite the spilled beer (tragedy.. =/) I am only saying this because the On-Screen Keyboard won't work as well. You haven't installed any new software lately, or accidently changed keyboard layouts (despite it only being one key), or anything else lately have you?
    – cutrightjm
    Mar 26, 2012 at 2:19
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    I think your computer is telling you that you should be a T-totaler.
    – Daniel R Hicks
    Mar 26, 2012 at 2:22
  • Can we rule out a software issue by trying a livecd? Is this a desktop or laptop?
    – Journeyman Geek ♦
    Jul 23, 2012 at 0:19

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I have the same problem (in my case, the button with the ! does not work (on a swiss german keyboard)).

I tried to detect the problem with AutoHotKey (I could not see the button or who influences it neither) and KeyTweak (did also not work).

The current workaround: set up a hot key via AutoHotKey that inserts the button ! via the clipboard (the Send function of AutoHotKey also does not work). Save the following in the file exclamationMark.ahk and run the script via AutoHotKey:

; workaround to make "!" available via AltGr-5

<^>!5::

 ; Save the entire clipboard to a variable of your choice.

ClipSaved := ClipboardAll   

Clipboard:="!"
;Send ^v      ; does not work in cygwin mintty terminal
Send +{Ins}

Clipboard := ClipSaved   ; Restore the original clipboard. Note the use of Clipboard (not ClipboardAll).
ClipSaved =   ; Free the memory in case the clipboard was very large.
return
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