Two keys have stopped working, whhy?

Two keys stopped workimg on my laptop with snow leopard. I rebooted the system but the keys still don't work. So now i can't get past login.

A temporary solution would be to use an external keyboard.

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Both control keys have stopped working on my laptop. The fact that it is both of them suggests that it is not anything physically wrong with the key. I can't do any ctrl+letter e.g. copy, paste, select all, or even ctrl+alt+del
Can anyone suggest how to get these keys back?
Many thanks
Angus

Hi
Any key combination which would disable the CTRL buttons is not known to me.
But I recommend checking the common keyboard options like FN+F10, FN+F11, FN+F12, Capslock, etc
Furthermore you could test the notebook with an external USB keyboard.
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#Run Firefox in safe mode does that prevent crashes ?<br/>[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]]
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#Repeat and this time try in Windows safe mode. use the F8 key <br /> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/start-computer-safe-mode#start-computer-safe-mode=windows-7
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* [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware]
* [http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363 TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility]
* [http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro/ Hitman Pro]
* [http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/ ESET Online Scanner]
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