When moving the mouse cursor across the screen it is very difficult to move and click on icons. It almost feels like some kind of magnetic field is trying to prevent my cursor from moving! At first I thought this may have been a virus on the computer, but extensive scanning has given the computer the all clear. How can I fix this problem? The computer is running Windows XP. (more…)

Frequently an error message appears advising that “KBD.EXE has encountered a problem and needs to close”. I can close the error message and the computer appears to continue working correctly, but the message is quite irritating. How can I stop this error message from appearing? The computer is running Windows XP. (more…)

The cursor on my new laptop computer has a habit of jumping around at random, with no rhyme or reason. This happens all the time when I am typing in Outlook or Word. Can I stop this from happening? The computer is running Windows XP. (more…)

On my Dell Inspiron laptop when holding the SHIFT key to type something in capital letters the following happens: SILICon kid. As you can see, at some point after one, two or three letters the shift function stops working. I don’t think this is related to the external keyboard (which is connected through a USB hub) as I have replaced the keyboard and the problem continues, The problem also existed before using a USB hub so I don’t think the problem is related to the hub either. How can I make the shift function to work correctly? (more…)

After the computer has been idle for some time, a message appears saying ‘The device driver for the standard 101/102 key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard is preventing the machine entering standby. You may need to update this driver’. Rebooting the machine does not resolve this issue, and it always occurs after a period of inactivity. While trying to fix this problem, I also noticed the Windows taskbar has been modified and the three buttons which launched Internet Explorer, launched Outlook Express, and displayed the desktop, have disappeared. How can I stop the error message appearing, and recover the missing icons? (more…)