Keyboard problems with 2 specific shift modifiers

Doing some gaming are we?

Sure, try another keyboard, but I don't think it will work any differently.

The keyboard can only do one thing at a time. If the W key is being held down constantly, any other actions will have to be done with the mouse.

Well every other shift modifier works fine when holding W, so i'm assuming theres a problem with something here.

I tried it in a game the other day, and I was surprised to see that I was wrong... Other keys ARE registered while holding down the W key. According to this, it's a hardware limitation. Can you map it so that Shift isn't involved?

http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/20449/keyboard-multiple-key-press-problem

You might want to try this:

http://www.passmark.com/products/keytest.htm

I'm using the default, cheapest keyboard that came with my Aurora - i'm unsure of the name.  My problem is that when holding down the W key, the shift+2 and shift+x modifiers do not work.  Are these bound to a function with the various alienware applications that came with my PC - if so, how do I fix it - or is this a keyboard issue?  I'm hoping its a keyboard issue so that I can simply use another keyboard (I don't have any on hand to test with right now), otherwise this will be a huge problem for me.   Thanks.

You need a gaming keyboard.