Strange problem I need help with please?

Breadman177

Breadman177

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My step daughter is playing WoW and sometimes when she goes to turn regardless of using arrows or wasd it will keep turning after releasing the button. She used a different keyboard and it still does it. They are regular wired keyboards.

Not sure what info you need on the computer but it's windows xp.
Asus 939 socket mb
nvidia 6xxx series video card
2 gigs of ddr 400 ram
athlon xp 3000+ cpu
 
This is a problem with the key-repeat sticking in the game or in other words, the game doesn't register when the key is released. It has nothing to do with the actual hardware.

Does the turning stop if you tap the same direction again or another key?
 
Ok thanks, I'll have her try that. I was thinking it might be the game and tried a repair on it but about 75% into the repair it "encoutered an error". It happened again last night after the repair, I guess if a repair doesn't fix it reinstalling the game might be the only other option.
 
Yeah, you won't hurt anything by reinstalling WoW. The only thing you may have to go through again would be the update downloads.
 
Ok when she tries to press another key while it is "sticking" the computer beeps at her contuniously until she lets go.
 
Hmmm...I should have asked earlier. Are these USB or PS2 keyboards?

Check your repeat delay and repeat rate settings in the keyboard control panel.
 
PS2....and actually i misunderstood her, it's not continious beeping. It's like random beeping but she is usually trying to click the mouse buttons and different keyboard buttons so it's hard to determine any kind of pattern.
What should it be set at?

It is set the same as mine..Delay is set 75% of the way toward short and rate is set all the way fast.
 
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Press shift 5 times, see if sticky keys comes up. If it does, click change settings and turn it off and also make sure that you have the "press shift 5 times to enable sticky keys" turned off.

Also, you say WoW won't do a full repair...i would try reinstall first, but also run an error check.

If you are running vista go to start>computer, right click the drive WoW is installed on and then click properties. Go to tools and click error check. Make sure both boxes are ticked, it will ask if you want to schedule it at reboot, say yes, restart your system. If all is ok it will take a few minutes, but if it has never been done or you have quite a few problems it could take a good few hours, so set aside some time to do it, but the longer you leave it, the longer it will take
 
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Sorry I forgot to mention we did get a repair finished but it is still doing it. I will try the shift thing tomorrow and also she has sent in a thing to WoW to see if they had any advice..lol
 
i demoed the sticky key on mine with it on. it does the same thing on mine i tured it off and stoped it should work hopfully
 
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