<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks. That's a good idea. I recently removed a keycap on my Dell XPS laptop, cleaned the mechanism with a little alcohol on a cotton swab and reattached the keycap and it is working better. YouTube videos helped. I will try the compressed air on another key that doesn't always work.</div><div><br></div><div>Shaun Keller</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 1:53 PM John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-3244616515254676187"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-3244616515254676187WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">For about a month the letter “a” was not always working on my Microsoft tablet. I might have to striker it twice or three times.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Interesting solution.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">I removed the keyboard from the computer prt and used a compressed air can I had, spraying from all sides at the key (I had been warned not to try to remove the key.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">VOILA, it worked.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Just thought you’d want to know as it might happen to you.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">John<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">John Rudy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-861-0402<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-718-8334 cell<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">13 Hawthorne Lane<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bedford MA<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><img border="0" width="124" height="115" style="width: 1.2916in; height: 1.1927in;" id="m_-3244616515254676187Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_19be28ce1164cff311"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>===============================================<br>
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