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Sticky Alt key on Dell laptop anyone?

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wasker:
I have a weird problem on my Dell laptop with Windows XP SP2 system: my Alt key gets sometime "sticky". Say, when I press Alt-F4, my Alt key remains "pressed" and activates close confirmation (if any) box' system menu, or if I use Alt-Tab, then I end up with activated window's menu.

1) It's not a hardware problem: it replicates with laptop's own keyboard and external one.
2) "Sticky keys" are turned off.
3) As I'm heavy keyboard user, this drives me crazy.

Any ideas appreciated.

Thanks!

tinjaw:
Is there some Dell utility running that does the same thing as sticky keys?

wasker:
I have no idea. They have some stuff running in background. My quick research didn't give me any clues. Maybe someone had some problem in the past and have some pointers?

mouser:
yeah tinjaw's guess is a good one.

start killing off background processes and see if you can kill something that causes it.

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