My keyboard makes to many spaces!

Hello
My keyboard make alot spaces when i press the space button, as you can see here...

It starts about 5 minutes after i log on my computer.
It's really annoying also when i do my homework.
I was thinking if i should buy a new keyboard but i would try to ask you guys first
I hope you can help me!

 

here is a picture

 

I assume you have a PC. Is it a USB keyboard, or is it wireless with USB connection? Try unplugging and plug in again. Then try unplugging, reboot and plug in.
You may need to update your keyboard driver.

 

Yes i have a computer and a USB keyboard. unplugging and plugging in again don't work.
How do i update my keyboard driver?

 

If you are using XP, go to: Start>Right click on My Computer>Click on Properties>Click on Device Manager>Expand Keyboards>Right click on your keyboard> Click on Properties>Go to Driver tab.
Click on Uninstall, then reboot.

If that doesn't work, try the same thing with the USB drivers (or you could do both at once).

I don't have Vista or W7, so if you have one of those you will have to try to work it out, or wait for someone who knows.

 

So far it seems like it worked.
And BTW i have Win7 and it's the same way as XP with the driver update and all that.

I will come back later if it starts making spaces again.

 

So far so good. Thanks for the feedback, and for the W7 info.

 

You are welcome, and it doesn't make those spaces anymore! Thanks for the help

 

Good news. You're welcome.

 

hello!
It started doing it again so i bought a new keyboard, but it still makes those spaces and it's driving me nuts!!!!

 

im using windows 7 home premium.
The model of the new keyboard is Logitech.
And i still get the problem in safe mode.

My security softwares is:
Pc tools firewall plus.
Microsoft security essentials 2.
Malwarebytes antimalware.

 

Hello,
I am not sure if this will work but go to Control Panel and in the "Search Control Panel" box type "Keyboard". Click Keyboard and then move the slider of "Repeat Delay" toward the left side ("Long") and see if that helps.

 

Thank you that helped!

 

Glad it worked out for you. Hopefully it will stay that way.

 

this is really annoying!
it is starting to do it again! :cry

 

Merry Christmas (Christmas morning here).
You wouldn't have two firewalls running would you? PC Tools firewall and MS Security Essentials?

 

Does it help if you go back in the Control Panel and slow the "Repeat Rate" also?

 

We had christmas yesterday (denmark)

But no it asked me to activate the windows firewall but i said no.

And i have tried that too tgell, but that didn't work either.

Merry christmas to u!

 

Just out of interest, have you tried a different USB port. Especially, if you are using a front port, try one at the back.
Another thing you could try (low probability, but easy to do) is to turn off your computer, unplug it, and hold the on button for 30 seconds. Then reboot.
Also, if you happen to have an old PS2 keyboard around, try that too.

 

i have tried different usb ports in the front and in the back, but without luck.

 

How long has it been dong this? Did you make any changes to the computer just before it started?
Can you Restore back to a time when it wasn't doing it, and see if that makes a difference? You can then bring it back to its current state if you want to.

 

BTW, did you reinstall the USB drivers, or just the keyboard drivers (back when we started on this)?

 

it has been doing this for about 1-1½ months.
And i don't know if i can restore that much back.
And i think i only reinstalled the keyboard drivers.

How do i reinstall the usb drivers?

 

Same as for keyboard, but in Device Manager, look for Universal Serial Bus Controllers instead of Keyboards.

 

Now i've done that, i'll come back if it starts again

 

And it did start again

 

This is my keyboard:
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http://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/keyboards/keyboard/devices/3046
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And when i put it in, it showed that little thing down on the bar or what it is called, and then it said "installing drivers"

And that's it.

 

It' seems unlikely to be keyboard issues, since it is doing the same thing on the new keyboard.
I'm wondering if it could be a problem with a particular application. When does the problem occur - in Word (assuming you are using MS Office), emails, etc?
Have you tried it in Notepad or Wordpad (under Accessories in XP)?
If you're not using MS Office, what are you using?
Do you have any keyboard enhancements installed?
Do have a look at your Restore options - you might have a Restore point back far enough.

 

It starts making the spaces 5-10 minutes after i start my computer, sometimes later.

It makes the spaces in MS office word, notepad, steam, and all websites.

I don't have any keyboard enhancements installed. (i haven't installed them by my self then.)

In my restore options, i only have the option to go back 3 days.

Is there somehow i can restore my whole computer? I know i will lose all my data on the computer but i'm okay with it.

 

I suppose you could check for a hardware conflict:

1. Open Device Manager
2. Double-click Sound, video and game controllers.
3. Right-click your sound card, and then click Properties.
4. On the Resources tab, see if there are any conflicts listed in the Conflicting device list.

I also just read that it can help to disconnect the keyboard before uninstalling/reinstalling its drivers. You may like to try that again.

BTW, you normally wouldn't lose your documents and things if you did end up repairing your Windows installation, but, as DavidGPsaid, you should back up, just in case.

 

Re: My keyboard makes too many spaces!

BTW, do you have anything else plugged into a USB port that might be drawing a lot of power?
Interesting that the problem isn't there immediately. Could you have an overheating problem?
Do you run anti-malware and is your computer 'clean'?
It looks like you can get up to 5 spaces between words. Is that right?
I see that you're running an English keyboard on a Danish(?) Word installation. I don't know what that might do. Perhaps DavidGP will be able to say if that could give rise to an issue.

 

What happens if you use the Onscreen keyboard (under Accessibility) and press the space bar?

 

DavidGP: I don't have the original dvd for win7, and none was ticked in the accessibility. And there is a yellow ! next to: Storage Device Controllers, and under that there is something called: A2C3OT25 IDE controller, but without the yellow ! And my computer is an Acer Aspire M5300

GCWesq: I don't know if i was looking the right place but i couldn't find any conflicts. And i also tried unplugging before installing the keyboard again. And i only have a mouse and a keyboard plugged into the usb drives. I don't have a headset anymore but i will soon get a new. And i have scanned my computer with: MalwareBytes AntiMalware, ESET Online Scanner, Microsoft Security Essentials 2 and SuperAntiSpyware, but none of them found anything. And yes i get 5 spaces between words. And when i use the onscreen keyboard it doesn't make those spaces.

 

Sorry!!!

There is a yellow ! next to A2C3OT25 IDE controller, not Storage Device Controller!

 

Thanks DavidGP. And you got a 'hit' on the yellow !. Could that be the problem? I don't have that item on my XP, so I'm not sure how to fix it.
The fact that the onscreen keyboard works might help to eliminate some possibilities.

It might also pay to check your Universal Serial Bus items in Device Manager and see if there is one there called:
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
or similar (looking for the word 'enhanced'). I'm just wondering if you have USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 (which you might have on an older computer). That wouldn't explain why this thing started only recently, or why it takes 5 minutes or so to start happening, but it might contribute to a problem.

 

Suddenly my onscreen keyboard space button doesn't work, but all other buttons work.

And in my device manager i have 2 called: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller, and i'm using USB 2.0

 

Curiouser and curiouser!
As far as I know, there should only be one Standard Enhanced...
Try this:
In Device Manager, go to the View tab at the top, and select Device by Connection.
Then go down to the Std Enhanced controllers and expand them. If one of them isn't doing anything (no devices attached to it), disable it (right click on it for menu), and see if that makes any difference (don't reboot, or it will probably just put it back again).
It might be a good idea at this stage to post a screen shot of your Device Manager tree, as well.
Interesting that the onscreen space bar no longer works - do you mean not at all, or it's acting the same way as the keyboard space bar?

 

Okay.... When i go to the device manager and go to the top and select view, and then device by connection i get this. (picture attached) And i don't know which i should select.

 

My Danish isn't all that good, but you need to expand the items that can be expanded to see what's under them.

 

Here is it.

 

G'day.
You should now be able to expand the two Standard Enhanced controllers to see what each is doing.
There's this question from DavidGP to answer as well.

In fact there are a couple of things from him that you still need to have a look at. It would pay you to go back through this thread and see what things are still to be done, just in case this track we're now on leads nowhere.
David GP is likely to know more about this than me, as well, so it would be good to keep responding to his posts. I'm just trying some things on the way, as you and I seem to be on at the same time a bit, so I just thought it might be quicker if I kept on with this as well.
I see your yellow exclamation mark in there as well on the IDE Controller. That's could be a problem. What do you see if you open that (right click and check properties)? Anything about the device not working?

 

My computer is an Acer Aspire M5300, is there more you want to know about it?

If there is something i misses, just tell me.

And here is a picture of the 2 Standard enhanced controllers.

 

Sorry. My mistake... you already said that. I think I was thinking of the suggestion to try changing your keyboard language back to Danish, and see what happens.
Also, what does the onscreen space bar do - does it not work at all, or does it make extra spaces, like the normal space bar?

You said earlier that you don't have any USB devices plugged in except the mouse and keyboard. Is that still true? Reason for asking is that I expected to see the keyboard and mouse show up under Standard Enhanced listing, but it looks like they're not there. I my be wrong about that - maybe they are run by other USB controllers. Can you find them? Also, it looks like you have 5 other devices plugged in to USB ports - the five listed under the second Standard Enhanced controller.

Anyway, while you're poking around in there, try disabling the first Std Enhanced controller. There is nothing connected to that. I don't know why it's there - although I'm only going by what I've seen on a few computers. There may be a reason for it... but it won't hurt to try disabling it.

Also, what does it say under the IDE controller with the yellow '!' (right click and look at properties)?

 

The onscreen keyboard doesn't make spaces at all.

I still don't have other USB devices plugged in, but if i get some other, i will tell you.

I have disabled the first Std Enhanced controller.

And if it helps i can tell you that the 5 drivers in the second all is located in System32.

You said you couldn't find the mouse and keyboard in the two standard enhanced controllers. I found them in another place. (picture attached)

And under the IDE controller with the yellow ! it says: Windows can't load the device driver to the hardware. The driver is possibly damaged or is missing. (code 39)

 

OK. I just jumped on my son's Vista PC and saw stuff very similar to yours - including TWO enhanced USB controllers. However, the reason I was looking at it was to see if his USB wireless keyboard and mouse were under the enhanced controller or another. Everything on his is under one of teh enhanced controllers. Same on mine (although I only have two USB devices plugged in).
So it seems to me that your keyboard and mouse should also be under the enhanced controller. Not sure how to get them there, but you could try just disabling the controller that teh keyboard is under, and see if it jumps to the enhanced controller. And if it does, see if that fixes the problem. In the meantime, I'll have a look and see if I can find something that says if it's normal or not to have the keyboard and mouse as you have them.
On the IDE controller matter, do you have a CD player or something that is not working? Do you by any chance have Daemon Tools installed?

 

When i tried to disable the controllers with my mouse and keyboard, they stopped working so i enabled them again. They didn't jump over to the other.

I don't have daemon tools anymore. And what do you mean with CD Player? Do you mean cd/dvd drive? if it is, then yes, i have one.