F11 and ctrl rescued me

Patsy1011 · Mar 28, 2026

Today BT failed to launch. I decided to uninstall and reinstall the little dong thing (don't know the name) that contains the mechanics for running the BT. So I did. Rebooted system as BT still wasn't working. Then a bigger problem emerged. System turned on but no boot. Panic. Tried various suggestions to no avail. Then I looked up what the function keys did - F11 and ctrl brought it back. Now I'm afraid to turn it off -- the keyboard is acting strange. When typing it jumps to a new area and garbles letters. Any thoughts? Thanks --

JColt · Mar 28, 2026

You have BT keyboard? If so I'd say either drivers are corrupt, delete and re install or dongle is bad or usb port has issue, try in another usb port.

Patsy1011 · Mar 28, 2026

No, do not have BT keyboard. Just keyboard of Lenovo...yes?

zbook · Mar 28, 2026

1) To get members to provide help please do not use abbreviations in an opening post.

2) Run the Sea Tools long generic test > post a share link

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SeaTools - Quick diagnostic tool that checks the health of your drive.

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3) Add WMIC:

DISM /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:WMIC~~~~

Add or Remove WMIC command Feature in Windows 11

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4) Run Tuneup plus > post a share link

https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/bsod-crashes-debugging/360139d1645183596-batch-files-use-bsod-debugging-tuneup_plus_log.zip

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Information This thread is for use by the BSOD team to store batch files that can be used to collect additional data, fix settings or anything else that is useful in debugging BSOD problems in Windows 10. The way I see it working is the first

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5) Run the V2 log collector > post a share link

BSOD - Posting Instructions

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6) Enable regback:

Enable Automatic Backup of System Registry when Restart in Windows 11

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7) Check available restore points > post a share link

See List of Available Restore Points in Windows 11

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8) Run the Lenovo diagnostics > take pictures > post images displaying the tests performed with results

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht506579

JColt · Mar 28, 2026

Sorry, getting used to this forum. I see your specs. If keyboard still acting up I would reboot to see if it works. If not then delete drivers for keyboard and reboot to re install. It may have gotten corrupted during that last reboot. Could be a host of reasons why it locked up on you. I had a security update cause mine to hang on boot just a couple days ago. Had to hard reset but computer booted and original update was good.

Patsy1011 · Mar 28, 2026

Will try. Also 2 goodies listed for keybd. HID keyboard device & standard-matter which?

Patsy1011 · Mar 28, 2026

Reboot cured the ills of the keyboard. Working fine. Thanks a huge bunch!!

Patsy1011 · Mar 28, 2026

Zbook-- thanks for all the tips. All running ok now. Don't know what you mean by abbreviations -- BT? That is a very common one used by many -- I don't think it will confuse anyone. Thanks again for your other input.

JColt · Mar 28, 2026

Patsy1011 said:
Reboot cured the ills of the keyboard. Working fine. Thanks a huge bunch!!

No problem, Glad I could help! Have a good night.

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