Does this happen to anyone else? Could it be some hotkey combo I don't know of? I've accidentally found a way to recreate strange keyboard behaviour I've been having once in a while.... hold the smart comments! ok Press ctrl+shift (release) and type something. Text as expected? Doesn't happen everytime for me - takes a couple of retries before I recreate it. My text comes out as gobbledegook. If I rehit ctrl+shift it reverts to norm IBM PS2 keyboard (MS native drivers) non-IBM (clone) PC. I also remember it happening on a previous keyboard. Here's an example. Both instances should read hello. The second line will be after I've pressed ctrl+shift hello d.nnr Jay