[CookizREvil]

So here's the problem I have:

My keyboard will only work if I hold the CTRL key (or ALT key) in Flash games and in retail games. It's not a problem with patches or anything, because it's a widespread problem, not only affected by one game.

Running the most up to date version of Flash and DirectX.

It's not my keyboard's fault, I've hooked up USB keyboards and have gotten the same result.

However, if the game has a text box, my keyboard works fine, I can type in the game, I just can't do anything else (ie: use the WASD keys to move, or other...keyboard essential stuff.)

My arrow keys work, my enter works. It's the QWERTY themselves that don't work.

I have not done ANYTHING to affect it, to my knowledge. It was working fine over a week ago. I have a Lenovo laptop, running Windows 7 Service Pack 3 (I think, unless 2 is the most recent, pretty sure it was 3 though?)

There are also times when if I try to type, it'll type the numbers 0-9 in numerical order, repeating over and over again.

Thanks for any help!

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Try THIS . It has to be saved to your desktop in order to use it.
Hope this is what your looking for.
1.Download TFC to your desktop, or other location.

2.Save any unsaved work. TFC will close all open application windows.

3.Double-click TFC.exe to run the program.

4.If prompted, click "Yes" to reboot.
Save your work. TFC will automatically close any open programs, let it run uninterrupted. It shouldn't take longer take a couple of minutes, and may only take a few seconds. Only if needed will you be prompted to reboot

NEXT:
Try THIS

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[rockmilk]

Try THIS . It has to be saved to your desktop in order to use it.
Hope this is what your looking for.
1.Download TFC to your desktop, or other location.

2.Save any unsaved work. TFC will close all open application windows.

3.Double-click TFC.exe to run the program.

4.If prompted, click "Yes" to reboot.
Save your work. TFC will automatically close any open programs, let it run uninterrupted. It shouldn't take longer take a couple of minutes, and may only take a few seconds. Only if needed will you be prompted to reboot

NEXT:
Try THIS

Game Booster is an easy-to-use program that shuts down unnecessary system processes in order to improve the performance of resource-thirsty games. With an intuitive interface that makes it easy to switch between gaming mode and normal mode, Game Booster is a simple but powerful program.

Game Booster's interface is basic, with a list of 24 noncritical processes that can be shut down during gaming. Check boxes allow users to select specific processes. It is true that you have to take a leap of faith with some of these; if you're not extremely computer savvy, you may have no idea what it is that you're shutting down. We can say that our system suffered no ill effects from temporarily disabling all of the listed processes, and the program quickly started them again when we switched back to normal mode. We do wish that the program came with a Help file that went into detail about this issue, though. In addition to disabling unnecessary system processes, Game Booster offers a game defragmenter that specifically defragments the game directories, allowing a given game to start and run more quickly. Overall, we found Game Booster to be both easy to use and effective. We noticed a significant difference in game performance when using gaming mode, and we think this is a great choice for users who need to optimize their systems for gameplay.

[CookizREvil]

Well, it made my computer faster! But no luck on making my keyboard work in games. =(

[Dark Player]

Since it made your computer faster, lets try a permanent fix.

Please open the start menu and type in MSCONFIG and press enter.

Go to the startup tab AND PRESS disable all, then click apply, then OK

This will disable startup items, making your computer faster.

If you want to keep some things to startup, just uncheck all those you don't want, but its better to uncheck all.

[CookizREvil]

Since it made your computer faster, lets try a permanent fix.

Please open the start menu and type in MSCONFIG and press enter.

Go to the startup tab AND PRESS disable all, then click apply, then OK

This will disable startup items, making your computer faster.

If you want to keep some things to startup, just uncheck all those you don't want, but its better to uncheck all.

Not only is everything quicker, my keyboard works in games again!

I'm not sure what exactly which one of the start-up programs was causing it, but thank you for your tip!