Connecting T400 to monitor display, Hotkeys turn on

I recently ran into trouble when connecting my T400 laptop to a monitor. The keyboard becomes all whacky and only does hotkey functions(pressing p would print something). The normal functions such as typing letters do not work. I have to disconnect display and shut down my computer in order to fix the problem. Does anyone have a solution to this?

Hi Ishmelpie,
First things first, have you downloaded the latest hotkey drivers? They are available here: Hotkey Features Integration for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), XP (32-bit, 64-b...
I would first uninstall the current versions and then reinstall the latest drivers above. This may be a quick fix for your problem, I hope it works!
Ed
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