Left Ctrl key works peculiar.

In my Compaq 8710p, when I use Adobe Photoshop, the left "ctrl" key scrolls the right scroll bar to the most top and bottom scroll bar to the most left. It's very embarressing since I can't do anything properly in photoshop. Always I have to drag the page back to the middle of the page.
As well, in a browser, it's scrolls the right scroll bar to the most top. When in the desktop, it selects/focus the most top left icon in the desktop.
I tried vaccum cleaning to remove any dust exist in the keyboard and it works same.
Please help me to resolve this.
Thanks!

Hello Ravi-Gunasekara,
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If not is there a way to disable the Fn + Space bar function that changes the screen resolution. The programs I use use control + space heavily and my screen resolution keeps changing when I don't want it to.
It's a small thing I know, but very maddening.

Thanks, I took the survey. It's interesting the questions on there were asking about location of keys like page up and page down. I find the position of those keys are not that important to me because I don't use them that much and don't seem to mind looking at the keyboard to find them. Also they are almost always in different spots depending on whether you are on a desktop or laptop keyboard so I guess I'm used to unconsciously switching depending on which keyboard I'm on.
But the left control key is one of the most heavily used, at least by developers like me (control+c to copy, control+v to paste, and control+space for code assist, shift + control + f to format code, shift + control + r to find resources, etc...). I have to hit that Ctrl button 1000 times a day. And the key is in the bottom far left corner on every keyboard (desk top and laptop) I've ever seen until now. Having to remember to look down at the keyboard to find the key is proving difficult and I think is actually hurting my productivity. Especially control+space (when you are expecting a popup to automatically complete the line of code you're working on and instead the screen blinks, resizes and your whole editor loses focus it really breaks your flow of thought, so thanks a million for helping me turn off the silly screen zoom feature).
Hopefully I'll get used to it like with the other keys like page up and page down although I've had the laptop for two weeks and it's proving difficult. If I had know that Thinkpads have this layout and how maddening it would be to get used to it I probably wouldn't have bought it, even though everything else about it is great. It's amazing how such a small thing can become such an irritant.
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When the Notebook restarts keep tapping the f10 key to enter the bios menu. Press f5 to load the defaults (this is sometimes f9, but the menu at the bottom will show the correct key), use the arrow keys to select 'Yes' and hit enter. Press f10 to save the setting and again use the arrow keys to select 'Yes' and hit enter.
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HP notebook has a function that can switch the fn key with ctrl key in bios setting
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HP notebook has a function that can switch the fn key with ctrl key in bios setting
Is there any similar function in thinkpad notebook?
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No, there's no method to swap the functions of the Fn and Ctrl keys.
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i have the same issue with the @ key and the " key.
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huh
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Quote from: [email protected] on 20-May-10, 17:49:45
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Topic split and moved, please don't hijack topics, especially when you have a different notebook.
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Sorry, I don't know to do so.
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Hi riggy69,
Sorry for the confusion, I knew those hotkeys wouldn't do the function you were looking for. I wanted to know if those shortcuts worked using the Ctrl key. This way we can see if it that particular function is working or all the ctrl key shortcuts are working. Did any hotkeys do what they were supposed to do? For example, does Ctrl+X cut the selected text or does Ctrl-Esc open the start menu?
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