Spacebar functions

Hi,
I recently bought the Lenovo B590 laptop, and I've had some trouble with the spacebar actions. When doing a search in an internet search engine, using the spacebar doesn't provide a space, but rather selects any search suggestion that may pop up. Also, the spacebar scrolls down pages and decreases volume in media players.
These are spacebar functions I'm not used to, and if there is any way to stop it from doing these things I would appreciate someone letting me know!

hi ernie_ran,
Welcome to the Forums.
This is indeed an odd function of the space bar (AFAIK, it shouldn't function differently on the B590).
Can you try to boot in Safe Mode with Networking and check if the space bar functions as a "space" while doing a search in an internet search engine (this will isolate third party apps that might be interferring with the spacebar function).
If the spacebar functions normally in Safe Mode, perform a clean boot and observe the machine in normal mode.
Let me know how it goes.
Regards
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