Delete problem.since latest updates

I have an HP laptop and received updates a few days ago. Since then I cannot use the back button and then delete to fix a typo.

Here is a demo of what happens: I will misspell a word and then hit back arrow at bottom and delete. I TPYED..... that word wrong on purpose then I tried 5 times as you can see to arrow back and delete and instead of deleting the misspelled word I get a period for each time I arrow back.

Thus, the only way I can make a correction is to highlight and delete the entire word or sentence if it falls in the middle of a sentence.

What the heck and how can I repair this?

Have you tried the BackSpace key instead of the arrow keys? Does it work?

You could try a System Restore to a time when everything was working, or remove the last Update.

You could also try plugging in a USB keyboard and see if you still have the same issue.

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Originally Posted by Midknyte

You could also try plugging in a USB keyboard and see if you still have the same issue.

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I sold my old computer so I know no one close that has one, funny this happened on an update though.

Actually, this is a typical problem for Microsoft updates:

http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-...sus-1225b.html

https://www.drivethelife.com/windows...ate-issue.html

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...1afb1d0?auth=1


Can we assume that you have Windows 10 on this laptop? If so, you should probably disable hardware driver updates once you get this issue resolved.

Links:

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/d...-on-windows-10

http://www.itprotoday.com/windows-10...tes-windows-10

https://www.howtogeek.com/223864/how...on-windows-10/

https://www.howtogeek.com/302595/how...dware-drivers/


You could try booting into Safe Mode to see if the problem occurs there also:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2984...safe-mode.html

https://www.techrepublic.com/article...in-windows-10/

TY I will try as many of these as needed as soon as I get over the flu which I apparently work up with. I did however try the backspace at the top and that works but I will need to retrain myself to use that since I never have.

Will leet you know how it comes out as I feel like doing this.