Microsoft KB Archive/266140

= IntelliPoint: The SHIFT key seems to be stuck =

Article ID: 266140

Article Last Modified on 1/9/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0
 * Visio 5.0 Technical
 * Microsoft IntelliMouse Web
 * Microsoft IntelliPoint 6.1
 * Microsoft IntelliPoint 6.0
 * Microsoft IntelliPoint 5.2
 * Microsoft IntelliPoint 3.2
 * Microsoft IntelliPoint 3.1
 * Microsoft IntelliPoint 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q266140



SYMPTOMS
When you press a key on the keyboard, the character that appears on the screen may be the character that is typcially displayed when you press SHIFT as you press the key.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:
 * A function other than the default function is assigned to button 4 or to button 5 on the pointing device.
 * You held down one of the arrow keys on your keyboard while you repeatedly clicked button 4 or button 5 on the pointing device.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: intelli point

Keywords: kbhardware kbprb KB266140

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