Keyboard stopped registering more than 2 keys at once (Windows 10)

Widesalmon · 10 Feb 2021

After a windows update, my keyboard which used to be able to hold several keys at a time now won't do more than 2. I've looked into this but the only information I find is about keyboards that were built with this limitation, rather than my issue which just started happening one day. As one can expect, this makes gaming significantly harder, if not unplayable with some rhythm games. At one point, I decided to reset my laptop using windows Fresh Start, which made the issue go away for a few days, until it started again one day. My best guess as to what caused things to change is a windows update I'd had the night before, because I know I didn't mess with any settings. I've also reinstalled keyboard drivers, but can try again if needed. Anyone know what might be causing this?

dalchina · 11 Feb 2021

At one point, I decided to reset my laptop using windows Fresh Start, which made the issue go away for a few days, until it started again one day. My best guess as to what caused things to change is a windows update I'd had the night before,

Hi, you could test that theory by uninstalling the driver, not connecting to the internet to ensure it's not updated again and checking the effect.

Device manager shows when drivers were updated as does your Update History (drivers at the bottom).

You can compare device driver versions with those available from your manufacturer's web site.

You can readily block driver updates for a particular device (Tutorial available) or hide (block) a particular driver (Tutorial).