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I have a HP Compaq Presario C700 laptop with Windows 7 installed on it.
My laptop's keyboard is not working properly; some keys never work and some keys will keep on pressing. I've formatted the OS but it didn't solve my problem.
I bought an external USB keyboard and it works well. As some keys in the built-in keyboard activate themselves, I still couldn't work effectively.
After searching Google I tried the following steps to disable the built-in keyboard:
Disabled keyboard drivers:
This didn't work because when the system reboots, the driver gets installed again automatically.Installed irrelevant driver for keyboard:
This failed - I couldn't install the driver. After rebooting it installed the correct driver automatically.
Can anyone help explain how I can temporarily uninstall my built-in keyboard? I don't want to remove it manually (removing the hardware cable).
You've damaged the keyboard. Your wants to disable the keyboard... But you can also replace the laptop keyboard. If you ran your laptop too hot (bitcoin mining) the heat will kill your keyboard. And the obvious things like spills can kill the keyboard too. – Sun – 2014-10-04T15:48:30.833
Have you tried cleaning the keyboard? http://superuser.com/questions/1331/how-to-clean-a-keyboard
– RedGrittyBrick – 2011-10-14T13:54:59.130Disable automatic driver installation: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-windows-vista/
– Kedar – 2011-10-14T13:57:36.587@kedar, Thanks kedar, i think this may help, will try this and give you a feedback – sam – 2011-10-15T04:39:37.867
@RedGrittyBrick I tried to clean with vaccum cleaner, it didn't help. There is no dust in it. – sam – 2011-10-15T04:41:17.287
Never use a vacuum cleaner on a laptop - the static can break things! – Shinrai – 2011-10-16T05:17:51.150
You say you disabled the keyboard drivers but it sounds like you uninstalled them. Can you unplug your USB keyboard, start device manager, find keyboards and right-click - disable them all, then plug back in your USB keyboard? – Yeodave – 2011-10-17T16:41:38.690
@ Yeodave : ok will try and tell you!! – sam – 2011-10-19T15:52:06.293