keyboard malfunction

I spilled a glass of wine onmy keyboard. Itstarted malfunctiong (skipping letters and spaces whenkeys are pressed) I bought a new cordless Microsoft keyboard and mouse and installed software. Fixed fora couple of days, now same old thing. Any ideas anyone?
Jeff

 

We are talking about a desktop keyboard, not a laptop?

The only thing I can think of is that the computer thought the wine soaked K/B was not a standard model and installed the wrong drivers for it. You can uninstall the drivers in Device Manager and let Windows redetect it at startup. The other place where you can change keyboard settings is in Control Panel -> Keyboard. If there was any programming for the old keyboard (function keys) find out how to remove them then uninstall and reinstall as I said.

If you want to try cleaning the old one, the main thing is to make sure that it has completely dried out before using it. I have heard of a keyboard being put into a dishwasher and it worked (probably little or no heating), but I would use a pure form of alcohol or Contact Cleaner which I use for all my PC cleaning.

Alcohol might be good for redisolving the tannins and proteins left by the wine. Hold it upside down so that the liquid runs back out.

Matt

 

I second the dishwasher idea. It's what MaximumPC mag recommends. Make sure that no "heat cycle" occurs. Keyboard goes on top shelf, keys facing downward, IIRC. Afterwards, let keyboard air dry for 4 days.