The keys on laptop have to be held down for a few seconds to type.

i literally have to hold each key down to get it to type.

what model laptop? The keyboard is likely going bad but it could be as easy as reconnecting the ribbon cable. It could also conceivably be a setting in the software. Do you have this problem before Windows boots like in the setup program(F10)?

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