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Punisher wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:57 pm Having a weird issue. Started several montgs ago but was only once in a while. It's now happening every minute or so.
My pc is registering a keypress, like constant 4s for an example. I narrowed it down to a devuce unders keybiards in the device manager.
The device comes up as
on bluetooth low energy gatt compliant hid device
If i uninstall that device it clears up for minute then automatically comes back.
It won't let me disable it or delete the driver.
The drivers listed are kbdclass.sys and kbdhid.sys
I think thoush are used for orher keyboards. I tried deleting and move them but neither worked.
I tried updating drivers but not only did it not jelp but my Bluetooth mouse now disconnects every few minutes and I have to turn it off and on.
I might have done other things but cant remember off hand

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Punisher wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:59 pm IIRC, turning bt off completely helps but right now both my moyse and keyboard are bt so that messes me up a bit.
Although through my troubleshooting today i somehow lost the bt keyboard completely. I have to look up how to re-pair it.
All bt devices listed are accounted for.
If i tirn 9ff bt keyboard it still happens. If I turn off bt mouse it still happens.
I need to double-check turnimg off bt completely.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:19 am

Punisher wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:59 pm IIRC, turning bt off completely helps but right now both my moyse and keyboard are bt so that messes me up a bit.
Although through my troubleshooting today i somehow lost the bt keyboard completely. I have to look up how to re-pair it.
All bt devices listed are accounted for.
If i tirn 9ff bt keyboard it still happens. If I turn off bt mouse it still happens.
I need to double-check turnimg off bt completely.

keyboard is BT? Then battery for that and canned air to the keys/picked it up about six inches and drop it on a hardish surface before turning it upside down and shaking it. Something is jammed/causing them to stick and either neither to be dislodged or the pressure spots needs to be unstuck. If you have another keyboard somewhere, take the BT keyboard out of range and try a different one.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:10 pm Yank all the usb connections and wait.