Solved I want to disable my laptop keyboard but how?

[djpabz23]

My niese dropped milk on the laptop of my keyboard and now it keeps typing the "[" sign. I bought an external keyboard thinking it would disable the other one but it didn't. How do I disable my laptop keyboard without opening the laptop?

 

[Night Hawk]

One thing a quick Bing search solves fast is How to Disable a Keyboard on a Laptop

A second guide found at the eHow site also explains How to Disable a Laptop Mouse

Just before to read the Tips & Warnings part at the end of each of those.

 

[badger906]

how long ago did she do it? if it was recent then chances are its still moist inside, holding a hair dryer to the keyboard for a while to fully dry it out may help.

or strip the laptop and remove keyboard and clean with an alcohol based cleaner, as it will evaporate quickly.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Laptop keyboards are usually easy to remove, so you could try cleaning it, or getting a replacement on eBay for around $10-$20.

 

[Night Hawk]

You still have to careful when trying to get the casing open on some of them. Hopefully you will be able to use the laptop itself not just replace the keyboard as long as no other damage was seen from being wet inside!

Don't get any hand held wet! Cell phones, netbooks, etc.!

 

[djpabz23]

You still have to careful when trying to get the casing open on some of them. Hopefully you will be able to use the laptop itself not just replace the keyboard as long as no other damage was seen from being wet inside!

Don't get any hand held wet! Cell phones, netbooks, etc.!

Haha, thank you for your help and the advice. I tried to find a program like that but didn't have any luck. The key is now disabled.

 

[Night Hawk]

You're welcome! Hopefully you will get the insides dried out and cleaned up a bit!

Like badger906 was pointing out using something like a small drop of lcd cleaner for example with an alcohol base to clean up the once wet spots inside very carefully will hopefully show if all is still good and nothing got... shorted out?

Anything wet inside of anything electronic in nature is never good! As for simply preferring an external keyboard and wanting to disable the one included as well as the touch pad those seemed to be the best two to find.

Those would have helped when I gave a cordless keyboard to someone with a used laptop where the onboard keyboard was in dire need! The unit looked like it went a war zone by the way it had been treated!

 

[PeaB4YouGo]

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Anything wet inside of anything electronic in nature is never good!

Main reason number one why I was not an early adopter of liquid cooling. I know that they are closed systems that are tested to conditions beyond what I could ever come up with, yet there's a little voice in the back of my head...

It's the same voice that told me during my navy days not to volunteer for submarine duty. Who would get on a ship that was DESIGNED to sink???!!!

 

[Layback Bear]

I would and did.

 

[Night Hawk]

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Anything wet inside of anything electronic in nature is never good!

Main reason number one why I was not an early adopter of liquid cooling. I know that they are closed systems that are tested to conditions beyond what I could ever come up with, yet there's a little voice in the back of my head...

It's the same voice that told me during my navy days not to volunteer for submarine duty. Who would get on a ship that was DESIGNED to sink???!!!

Well in actual fact subs are designed to submerge not sink! It's called reduced buoyancy where weight exceeds ablity to float until tanks are flooded with air much on the idea of a balloon but not necessarily heated or helium instead.

On a sub however if something gets wet you can replace it at port if not service it on the spot. For a self contained electroic device like a notebook, netbook, or other the circuitry inside is simply too delicate.

I would and did.

Hope you enjoyed your tour of duty there!

 

[Chilidawg]

I inadvertently submerged my cell phone (don't ask). I removed the battery and SIM card, then flushed the thing out with deionized water. After that I blew it dry with compressed air and it has worked fine ever since.

Perhaps a removal of the keyboard and similar treatment would be of benefit.

 

[Night Hawk]

I had one here that came flying out of a belt holder and landed in a bucket with just a little Pinesol in it to make it a little wet at the bottom and... the cell phone worked for a little bit and quit when tried later.

After two months it should be plenty drive since the same SD card is in use on another phone and it still won't even light up. It was already too late when I got just the back cover off apparently and had to write that phone off as a loss!

 

[PeaB4YouGo]

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Anything wet inside of anything electronic in nature is never good!

Main reason number one why I was not an early adopter of liquid cooling. I know that they are closed systems that are tested to conditions beyond what I could ever come up with, yet there's a little voice in the back of my head...

It's the same voice that told me during my navy days not to volunteer for submarine duty. Who would get on a ship that was DESIGNED to sink???!!!

Well in actual fact subs are designed to submerge not sink! It's called reduced buoyancy where weight exceeds ablity to float until tanks are flooded with air much on the idea of a balloon but not necessarily heated or helium instead.

On a sub however if something gets wet you can replace it at port if not service it on the spot. For a self contained electroic device like a notebook, netbook, or other the circuitry inside is simply too delicate.

I would and did.

Hope you enjoyed your tour of duty there!

You guys take all the fun out of my semi-serious joke..... Thanx!

 

[Night Hawk]

We couldn't let just you have all the fun now could we?!:roflmao:

 

[dhruv246]

Check this link.It helped me to solve this problem how to disable laptop keyboard - The Blue Liquid

 

[Night Hawk]

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