My keyboard has a stutter
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (347098)
Rockingham, Australia
February 26, 2025 8:53pm CST
The photo of two buck kangaroos fighting has nothing to do with the discussion. It was taken on our previous property. In a couple of weeks we'll be going to the house next door to house-sit. I'm hoping to see lots of kangaroos.
I don’t know if it’s me or my keyboard or the computer but I’m blaming the keyboard. It has been stuttering for a while – repeating letters in words and leaving double spaces between words. Of course, now I want it to do it to show you, it’s behaving perfectly.
I don’t like having mistakes in my work so mostly I go back and correct it. Double spaces in comments I normally don’t bother about. Does your keyboard do funny things?
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11 responses
@allknowing (141383)
• India
27 Feb
It could be your mouse. I have changed my mouse a couple of times.
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@allknowing (141383)
• India
19h
@JudyEv Despite my going through what I intend to post I see howlers when I visit my post the second time and this happens every time.
@franxav (13971)
• India
27 Feb
My keyboard may be ten to fifteen years old. It fell sometime and has a corner where a piece has broken off. I have covered the corner with cello tape. The monitor is even older and displays a horizontal line when the computer is on. Otherwise, the set is serving me fine.
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@JudyEv (347098)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Feb
I think it's me that is the problem. I won't be replacing anything just yet. I'm glad your set is working okay for you.
@snowy22315 (185692)
• United States
27 Feb
Yes, and I am annoyed since one device that is doing it is the new puter I just got for Christmas 
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I think it is me that is at fault really.
@DaddyEvil (142191)
• United States
27 Feb
Yes, at times I get that type of problem, too, but I know it's my fault... I'm having some small issues that are slightly annoying right now but may need to be looked into later on.
If you don't believe you're causing the problems you've described, the first thing to do is turn your keyboard over and gently tap on the bottom of it and see how much debris comes falling out from between the keys. All keyboards have a bad habit of catching stray hairs, crumbs from out hands and even hair/dust from pets if you have any in the house.
If your keyboard is part of your laptop, then it might need to be cleaned... I can describe how to do that but would really rather not. If you don't know what you're doing, you can easily damage your laptop.
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@DaddyEvil (142191)
• United States
6h
@JudyEv 
My fingers seem to have a mind of their own at times.
My fingers seem to have a mind of their own at times.
@Beestring (14950)
• Hong Kong
27 Feb
That's a great shot!
My keyboard is working fine. Could it be the mouse?
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@lilacskies (6490)
• United States
27 Feb
My keyboard is working just fine. The photo is hilarious!
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@lilacskies (6490)
• United States
27 Feb
@JudyEv Sounds good. Take more fighting photos while you are at it. Haha
@JudyEv (347098)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Feb
I used to have a separate monitor but now I just use my laptop. I think I've just become a lazy typist.
@sathviksouvik (20136)
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27 Feb
My keyboard is defective. I admire your photo of the kangaroos
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@JudyEv (347098)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Feb
I was able to get several photos of the kangaroos fighting but they were a long way away.
@somewitch (2254)
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27 Feb
Thankfully replacing the keyboard is easy and inexpensive! Mine is behaving just fine, but I had to replace the mouse a while ago.
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