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Lenovo W520 with multiple displays switching active window to other displays with 1 or 2 key being pressed
We have a Lenovo W520 exhibiting an odd behavior-
When the user types a 1, or a 2 using a keyboard (just the top row numbers, not the NumPad) the active window jumps to display 1 or display 2.
This usually stops after a reboot, but then starts up again randomly.
It's like some hot-key is stuck or something.
Its a Windows 7 machine, and has the Display Closed, VGA to a monitor, and a USB J5 External Display adapter to a 2nd active display.
Any ideas what could be causing this and where to disable it?
When the user types a 1, or a 2 using a keyboard (just the top row numbers, not the NumPad) the active window jumps to display 1 or display 2.
This usually stops after a reboot, but then starts up again randomly.
It's like some hot-key is stuck or something.
Its a Windows 7 machine, and has the Display Closed, VGA to a monitor, and a USB J5 External Display adapter to a 2nd active display.
Any ideas what could be causing this and where to disable it?
It also might be that a "FN" like key (e.g. Scroll Lock) has snapped in, so that pressing 1 and 2 will act like FN-1; still there needs to be some software, 3rd party or by Lenovo, doing that ...
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User found the fix was holding both Shift keys at once. Looks like this might disable FilterKeys which they somehow must have enabled and didn't realize. Multiple times.
Did this come with software? It sounds like a third party application adding this hot-key functionality.