# Keyboard Q too mundane for GQ

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-q-too-mundane-for-gq/453793
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 22, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-q-too-mundane-for-gq/453793 "2008-06-22T15:50:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-q-too-mundane-for-gq/453793/1 "2008-06-22T15:50:05Z")

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First time I ever saw this happen.

This morning when booting up, got a popup notice that an Adobe Flash Player update was available. Went to the System Restore to create a restore point, as never trust any download. Started typing “before download…” and got "bemore…). WTF?

Closed this, opened Word and tried all the keys. Only the “f” key gave a wrong letter, the “m.” Spent special attention to be sure was not hitting the wrong key.

Without further ado, invoked the universal MS panacea: rebooted. Everything then OK.

What in the world would have caused this one key to suddenly decided it wanted to be an m? I am sure I did not drop a M & M into the keyboard.

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### Author: ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-q-too-mundane-for-gq/453793/2 "2008-06-23T02:24:45Z")

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Poltergeist trainee? Honestly no idea.

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### Author: ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-q-too-mundane-for-gq/453793/3 "2008-06-23T02:26:37Z")

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[hijack]When I got the last flash update, it didn’t actually update, it just uninstalled itself.[/hijack]

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### Author: ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-q-too-mundane-for-gq/453793/4 "2008-06-23T03:46:26Z")

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At a guess? Faybe the keyboard driver got a little mucked up.