Disabling keyboard on laptop in Windows 10

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

Hi,

I have a laptop which is used kind of like a media server hooked up to a TV, and I use a Bluetooth keyboard to control it, so no need for the built in keyboard to work. Normally, it's not a problem, but it has recently decided that the / key is intermittently stuck on, which soon becomes quite tiresome

I've gone into device manager > keyboards and uninstalled and deleted the drivers for the keyboard (or at least it's the only thing listed under keyboards if I remove my Bluetooth one) but when I reboot the computer the keyboard works.....that said, under the keyboards section the only thing listed was something like "keyboard filter".... So I'm not sure.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[Jinx]

Haven't tried it but could you not download https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4051843/a... and then assign the misbehaving key to nothing (and assign its function to another key)?

[zippy3x]

In the searchbox on the main taskbar, type bluetooth, you should see a list with "bluetooth and other devices settings". Hit that..

you should see a list of all bluetooth paired devices.
Find the keyboard, click on it, and hit "remove device"

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

zippy3x said:

In the searchbox on the main taskbar, type bluetooth, you should see a list with "bluetooth and other devices settings". Hit that..

you should see a list of all bluetooth paired devices.
Find the keyboard, click on it, and hit "remove device"

No, it's the Bluetooth one I want to keep, but the built-in keyboard I want to remove

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

Jinx said:

Haven't tried it but could you not download https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4051843/a... and then assign the misbehaving key to nothing (and assign its function to another key)?

Thanks, I'll give this a go!

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

Jinx said:

Haven't tried it but could you not download https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4051843/a... and then assign the misbehaving key to nothing (and assign its function to another key)?

Unfortunately this says no Microsoft keyboard detected!

[randlemarcus]

Either try not to reboot that often, and delete it everytime you do

Or, try disable, and see if that survives a reboot.

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

randlemarcus said:

Either try not to reboot that often, and delete it everytime you do

Or, try disable, and see if that survives a reboot.

The disable option is greyed out so I can't do that, and even if I don't reboot the keyboard is still active very strange. It seems like it won't let me disable it?!

Thanks for your input, any other thoughts?

[randlemarcus]

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

randlemarcus said:

Either try not to reboot that often, and delete it everytime you do

Or, try disable, and see if that survives a reboot.

The disable option is greyed out so I can't do that, and even if I don't reboot the keyboard is still active very strange. It seems like it won't let me disable it?!

Thanks for your input, any other thoughts?

Since you are asking

Pry the offending key off, very gently, blow some air where it used to be, and reseat the key (again, stupidly gently).
Physically disconnecting the keyboard will probably end badly.

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

randlemarcus said:

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

randlemarcus said:

Either try not to reboot that often, and delete it everytime you do

Or, try disable, and see if that survives a reboot.

The disable option is greyed out so I can't do that, and even if I don't reboot the keyboard is still active very strange. It seems like it won't let me disable it?!

Thanks for your input, any other thoughts?

Since you are asking

Pry the offending key off, very gently, blow some air where it used to be, and reseat the key (again, stupidly gently).
Physically disconnecting the keyboard will probably end badly.

OK, it's become an enigma..... I cleaned up the \ key (not the / as I thought it was) and that now works fine..... But the z key next to it seems to act like a "clear" key.... It's not quite like delete, it's odd. For example, if I go into a Web browser and type in, say "pistonheads.com" and then press z afterwards as if I wanted to put "pistonheads.comz" and it just clears my address bar to the current Web page. And if I press the down arrow it types in an L. The up arrow puts in a semi-colon.

What the hell?!

[buggalugs]

I would google the instructions for keyboard replacement for that model then just unplug it internally. It will just be a little ribbon from the keyboard assembly to the motherboard.