Half of the keyboard does not work

Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop. Windows XP

On my laptop, the keyboard started to do funny things. First of all it would be bouble type a few letters. Then, almost half of these on the side right of the keyboard has stopped working. (Does not: 9.0,-, o, p, [, l,., /]) I installed two new keyboards (from two different vendors, however made by the same manufacturer in China), no change. The technician of Microsoft in India couldn't help either. Any suggestions?       Mike

Hi Mike,.

1. have you used a wired or wireless keyboard to check the question?

2 are you able to use other usb devices?

If you used a wired keyboard, then try to use a wireless keyboard and check if the problem occurs.

You can also try to check the keyboard on the screen and if the problem persists.
For more information, see the article:

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