Keyboard keys work only if I press and hold them and make beeping noise

All of a sudden the keys will only work if I press and hold them and it also makes a beeping noise – I think a combination of keys have been pressed. Any idea which keys I have pressed and how to disable this?

It looks like you have “Turn on filter keys” function enabled.
Here’s how to disable it in Vista.
1. Go to the Control Panel.
2. Click on Ease of Access Center.
3. Click on Make the keyboard easier to use.
4. Uncheck Turn on Filter Keys.

9 Responses to “Keyboard keys work only if I press and hold them and make beeping noise”

  1. 1
    Niall Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    Fair play to you bud, I was trying everything including updating drivers and was about to go onto ebay to replace the keyboard when I stumled accross this site. Heres how to disable them on XP by the way
    Control Panel >> Accessibility Options >> Remove checkmark on keyboard Filter.

    Thanks Again

  2. 2
    george Says:
    August 30th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    I have keyboard issues with the number keys only. Everytime I have the Num Lock feature on and I hit numbers, letters appear. Why? This is so frustrating! Help!

  3. 3
    michael tolentino Says:
    September 3rd, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    thank you so much it was starting to piss me off espeacially when i was typing the question on google

  4. 4
    Shalini Says:
    September 13th, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    Thanks for the solution!

  5. 5
    Cherob Says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 4:03 am

    My HP G7000 Laptop keyboard does not work each time I start the system unless I press fn then F2 keys.

    The problem started 3 months ago. Anybody know what I can do to solve the problem?

  6. 6
    gloria Says:
    June 27th, 2010 at 6:24 am

    you are awesome. thanks so much.

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    Kristy Says:
    February 9th, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    OMG! Thank you so much. My keyboard now works thank to ur solution. I don’t have to use the dang slow onscreen keyboard anymore or buy a new keyboard. Thank you :) hahaha

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    Toby Says:
    September 5th, 2011 at 10:25 pm

    Thank the Goddess. my keyboard had been doing that for hours and i was literally about to destroy my laptop. you are a life saver

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    Jean Says:
    March 10th, 2012 at 12:30 pm

    I have a Dell latitude D505 laptop. It beeps 3 times before starting windows. Some keyboard keys (b, n, space bar, arrows) do not work. What could the problem be? I tried your suggestion with the keyboard filter check mark but it was unchecked…. Thanks

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