the built in keyboard has a driver of it's own, right-click on My Computer, select Properties, then the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button, then expand the Keyboards entry...
Perhaps a click of "update driver" (after visiting Dells downloads section and downloading the appropriate driver (even if it's the same version) might help.
I haven't seen this problem myself, but this is the only place i can think of (besides the hardware itself) where your built-in keyboard and an external keyboard have different resources.
I also thought that some mighty strange things happen when you select a "Non-US-English" keyboard setup (I have to use chinese at work) but i would think that would affect the external keyboard as well...
skmarshall
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August 2nd, 2008 11:00
the built in keyboard has a driver of it's own, right-click on My Computer, select Properties, then the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button, then expand the Keyboards entry...
Perhaps a click of "update driver" (after visiting Dells downloads section and downloading the appropriate driver (even if it's the same version) might help.
I haven't seen this problem myself, but this is the only place i can think of (besides the hardware itself) where your built-in keyboard and an external keyboard have different resources.
I also thought that some mighty strange things happen when you select a "Non-US-English" keyboard setup (I have to use chinese at work) but i would think that would affect the external keyboard as well...