This is a strange password problem that has affected two computers I own. If I run a third-party app such as Google Remote Desktop, and it requests admin permission (I always work from a joe-user account), a dialog will pop up asking for my admin password. It doesn't accept the password. OK, maybe I typed it in wrong. I click on the "eye" icon to expose what I typed in clear text. It reveals that no matter what I really typed, the input it received was literally "asdfghjkl", the sequential keys on a QWERTY/US keyboard.
In clear text mode, typing "cccccccccc" or any key repeatedly will also show up as "asdfghjkl", "zxcvbnm", or whatever, in keyboard order. The error disappears if I go into a text editor, or log in to anything else as I have just done to this forum.
If this is a virus, it has now spread to two machines that are not really connected.
Any idea how to tackle this one?
In clear text mode, typing "cccccccccc" or any key repeatedly will also show up as "asdfghjkl", "zxcvbnm", or whatever, in keyboard order. The error disappears if I go into a text editor, or log in to anything else as I have just done to this forum.
If this is a virus, it has now spread to two machines that are not really connected.
Any idea how to tackle this one?
My Computer
At a glance
windows 11Intel(R) Core(TM) 5 210H (2.20 GHz)16 GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
- OS
- windows 11
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS TUF Gaming F17
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM) 5 210H (2.20 GHz)
- Motherboard
- ASUS
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
- Sound Card
- ASUS
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Standard ASUS
- Screen Resolution
- 1080p
- Hard Drives
- 500GB
- Mouse
- Touchpad
- Browser
- Firefox or Chrome
- Antivirus
- E-Set NOD-32
