How to unlock sticky keys - Toshiba Computers & Internet

You may have accidentally activated Sticky Keys.
Go to Control Panel... Ease of Access... Change how your keyboard works.
See if changing the Sticky Keys option helps.

follow this steps and fix it. God bless you

Press the Windows logo key + U. This will open the ease of access center. Click on the keyboard icon. It will say, "make the keyboard easier to use" next to it. In some versions of Windows you will need to get to the option by pressing the left shift key five times rapidly.

2 Select "turn on sticky keys" and "turn on filter keys." Select "save." Your computer will now only make sounds when the keyboard is hit.

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Follow steps 1 and 2 to unlock your keyboard. Unselect the "sticky keys" and "filter keys" and click on "save."

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Lock your workstation. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del. A blue screen or a box will pop up that has a variety of options, such as restart or shut down the computer. Click on "lock this computer."

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Lock your workstation using the keyboard. Press the Windows key and the L key at the same time. This will lock the computer. To unlock press the combination again.

Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_4925264_lock-keyboard.html#ixzz2aZv7Zmdg

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-xp/help/using-stickykeys

Normally you would just press the key to unlock it. Did you spill something sticky on it to keep it locked?

Hi Stan,
Your issue is just that you enabled the sticky keys of your portable system. all you have to do is to disable it again. Just go to control panel then go to accessibility options. Choose Ease of Access. You will find an option to change how your keyboard works, click on that. You will find check boxes. Uncheck the sticky keys, filter keys.

1. Press the Windows logo key + U to open the ease of access center.

2. Click on the "make the keyboard easier to use"

3. Select "turn on sticky keys" and "turn on filter keys." Select "save." Your computer will now only make sounds when the keyboard is hit.

4. Follow steps 1 through 3 to unlock your keyboard. Unselect the "sticky keys" and "filter keys" and click on "save."

1. Press the Windows logo key + U. This will open the ease of access center. Click on the keyboard icon. It will say, "make the keyboard easier to use" next to it. In some versions of Windows you will need to get to the option by pressing the left shift key five times rapidly.
   
2. Select "turn on sticky keys" and "turn on filter keys." Select "save." Your computer will now only make sounds when the keyboard is hit.
   
3. Follow steps 1 and 2 to unlock your keyboard. Unselect the "sticky keys" and "filter keys" and click on "save."
   
4. Lock your workstation. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del. A blue screen or a box will pop up that has a variety of options, such as restart or shut down the computer. Click on "lock this computer."
   
5. Lock your workstation using the keyboard. Press the Windows key and the L key at the same time. This will lock the computer. To unlock press the combination again.
   

You have 2 Shift keys on the keyboard. If the other shift key is working then the shift key that is not working is defective. You should consider replacing the keyboard on your laptop. There is no setting on Windows that can disable the shift key.

**Note : If both Shift keys are not working, Try to check if sticky keys feature on windows is on. Sticky keys should be disabled. To disable sticky keys, Click on start and Go into control panel > Accessibility Options, and under keyboard there is sticky keys. Remove the tick and click apply and OK.



**If "Use Sticky Keys" is unchecked, that means sticky keys is disabled.

try checking the sticky keys are off .this happened to me once.check user book for sticky keys i think its probably the fn + F1 OR F2 OR SO ON to unlock.
hope this helps

Press the "Windows logo key + U." This will open the ease of access center. Click on the "keyboard." It will say, "make the keyboard easier to use" next to it.

Select "turn on sticky keys" and "turn on filter keys." Select "save." Your computer will now only make sounds when the keyboard is hit.

Follow steps 1 and 2 to unlock your keyboard. Unselect the "sticky keys" and "filter keys" and click on "save

Lock your workstation. Press "Ctrl + Alt + Del." A blue screen or a box will pop up that has a variety of options, such as restart or shut down the computer. Click on "lock this computer

Lock your work station using the keyboard. Press the "windows key", it looks like a flag, and the "L" key at the same time. This will lock the computer. To unlock press the combination again.