Ctrl + A not working

[Distracted]

The title says it all. Let me start with some background info on this. Yesterday I spilled some coke on my laptop keyboard (yes, I know, stupid). At the first the keyboard was acting up, then I turned the laptop off for a while and let it dry. By the time I turned it back on, the keyboard was working perfectly again. Except for ctrl + a. I am completely baffled as to why only that one combo isn't working, as I can use ctrl + c, v, z, etc without problems. I already tried with an onscreen keyboard, and that's working fine.

 

I've tried looking for a troubleshooting option under Control Panel -> Hardware -> Keyboard, but there was no "Troubleshoot" button, just a notice that the device was working correctly. I've also tried Ctrl + Alt + Fn (that had come up on my Google searches), didn't work either.

 

So yeah, I have no idea what's wrong with my Ctrl + A, does anyone have an idea?

[D. V. Devnull]

Simple... You've got a shorted keyboard lead and/or a slightly shocked keyboard controller. If your laptop is still under warranty, backup all of your personal data, downloads, etc. and send it in to the manufacturer for repairs. Good luck on having it fixed reasonably fast. :shades:

 

~D. V. "Dang laptop keyboards!" Devnull

[Guy]

I'm not sure where the control commands are processed, but I'm pretty sure that it is done by the OS. If this is the case, then it wouldn't correlate with anything to do with hardware. I couldn't expand on this.. I'm exhausted >.> but I'll have a think in the morning.