[Greyslayer]

Ok this has been going on for a long time now with XP Pro, XP Pro SP1, and now XP Pro SP2 and I have tried everything I know to fix it without success.

First, my PC Speaker started beeping. I stopped that in device manager but there was of course the underlying problem.

This happened when I would play computer games. Beeping. But some games in particular revealed a more significant problem. IE playing Half-Life. In the game I would suddenly only be able to move very slowly. Waiting would sometimes allow me to move normally again. Sometimes it wouldn't stop until I rebooted. The rebooting by exiting the game made me realize it wasn't confined to the game. It just starts there. But one last point with the game. In Half-Life MUCH later, I realized if I pressed the shift keys multiple times it would allow me to move again. I assumed imediately that this was windows lovely Accessibility options for the handicapped. It's not exactly intuitive turning all that crap off, but I'm fairly certain it is. But that isn't the issue anymore.

When I leave Half-Life and am back to the Desktop I have a major glitch with my mouse and keyboard. If I open a text file for instance all text is in CAPS. Even though caplock is off. I turn caplock on and it is then in lowecase. Then if I click an icon with my mouse it highlights multiple icons? Also some programs internal icons are just closed for some reason. This too resolves itself if I wait. I've found no way short of rebooting to fix it quickly.

Recently I was playing Deus Ex 2. There is a "Use" function in the game. I bound this ability to a key. Which key? The SHIFT key. I use the arrow keys to move and all that. Interestingly I have another problem with THAT KEY. In Deus Ex Invisible War the use key allows you to do many things. Picking up items is one. Suddenly I just can't pick anything up anymore. Entering the inventory and leaving allows me to press the USE key successfully once then is stuck again. If I close the game back to windows? Same problem before. Mouse clicks highlight multiple icons, stuck in caps, wierd behavior with other applications and it always resovles itself within a couple of minutes time.

I know you'll wonder about viruses, but I have Norton 2004 update and have scanned for viruses. Nothing. I ran Housecall, that free webpage based scanner. Nothing. I use Spybot Search & Destroy and also tried Ad Aware. Doesn't seem to be a problem. Does ANYONE have any ideas? I have none anymore. Thanks.