help, my computer won't stop typing "r"!

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ScreamingBroccoli

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Hey guys,

I have a bit of a problem. I just turned my other computer on and opened up firefox and in the google search an endless string or r's kept typing like: rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr x infinity. So I open trillian, in the talk box more of the rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. So I go to the start menu to shut down, I can't, cuz pressing r with the start menu bring up the run prompt. So I hard restart, still the same damn problem, so I restart again. Still works like somebody is holding down the r key. So I unplug the keyboard, and guess what, the r's keep coming. Now, I just went a checked again, restarted w/ keyboard unplugged, boots up and now the is "e" added into the mix, so now it's rerererererererererererererererererere. It's not the keyboard cuz it's totally unplugged, anyone know what it is? Hardware or software? I'm at my wit's end. Everything's been fine on this other computer till about an hour ago, now I'm pissed. Please help me!

Thanks
-Matt
 
Hehe, you're computer's a rere. If it starts to spell out retarded completely, I think you can sell it on Ebay as a supernatural AI retard phenomena.

Do you have a different keyboard to test? I don't mean to condescend, (or imply) but did you get something sticky on it?
 
Reformat? :D

Try to boot in safe mode, and see if the problem persists.
 
Wow. Im stumped. So it does this w/o the keyboard plugged in? If that so, is it possible you have a macro running? Try to plug in a new keyboard to see if it stops the issue. Can you run any virus/spyware/adware scans? Don't think thats the issue but it couldn't hurt.
 
I'll try some stuff out in a little, I have to go out now, but this is really pissing me off, I can't figure out what's wrong. I'll let you guys know what happens...
 
Ate dinner, now it works, i'm typing from it right now.... WTF, anyone have a clue what could have caused this?
 
No clue....

Could be Pirates......

<sorry man, had to say it....>

I really have no clue, macro, or spyware/infestation?
 
Well, I'm installing ad aware and spybot (should have had em on before, but all of my other computers have em...) and I'll run those. I'll run AVG too, see if it says anything.. I'm running Zone Alarm and am behind a router, so I doubt the pirates thing, but who knows, I really would like to know what caused this...
 
Have you tried hitting the keyboard or something? Stuck button?
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Seriously, what have you tried? Have you tried a different keyboard? How did you boot without a keyboard? Have you tried a different keyboard? Maybe try a different keyboard? . . .
 
It's fine now, but it was not a stuck key(s). Axman, I booted without a keyboard by unplugging it and restarting, a keyboard is not neccessary (nor is a mouse) required to boot... So it wasn't the keyboard, I don't think it was spyware cuz all adaware picked up was some tracking cookies (running a spybot check right now). There are 3 other computers connected in my home network and no problems with them, this is just a very strange problem, hopefully it doesn't happen again.
 
That is terribly weird....but you should know that spybot does a better job at catching more "bad" stuff than adaware....when I scan with adaware, I get the same thing, pretty much, just tracking cookies.
 
all i got w/ spybot was some cookies too, I like to run both adaware and spybot, cuz they both sometimes catch something the other doesn't, but on the whole I do think spybot it better. I've been running avg for a while now and nothing bad so far, I can't for the life of me figure this out, I really want to know what happened...
 
This sounds like what happened with my Xbox a few months ago... it would constantly press the "A" button on the second controller over and over again, even if I unplugged it or tried a different controller. Some games didn't use the second controller when playing single player, so I was fine for those. I then actually pressed the A button on the second controller and it stopped. ???

Is it a USB keyboard? Xbox controllers are USB-based (different connector though) so it could be like some big, interrelated USB conspiracy.
 
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