How can I disable my laptop's built-in keyboard?
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I have a HP Compaq Presario C700 laptop with Windows 7 installed on it.
My laptop's keyboard is not working properly; some keys never work and some keys will keep on pressing. I've formatted the OS but it didn't solve my problem.
I bought an external USB keyboard and it works well. As some keys in the built-in keyboard activate themselves, I still couldn't work effectively.
After searching Google I tried the following steps to disable the built-in keyboard:
Disabled keyboard drivers:
This didn't work because when the system reboots, the driver gets installed again automatically.Installed irrelevant driver for keyboard:
This failed - I couldn't install the driver. After rebooting it installed the correct driver automatically.
Can anyone help explain how I can temporarily uninstall my built-in keyboard? I don't want to remove it manually (removing the hardware cable).
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