"RoseGarden" - - - - - - - from - nscave

In most cases you can't. I had to mention keyboards again, because I use the keyboard more than average, and because I keep hearing about people who ruin theirs. Even if you use the mouse a lot, there are still times when keyboard use is a must.

So if you spill something on your keyboard, how do you fix it? You don't. Keyboards are cheap, you may as well go get a new one. If you have one of the more expensive programmable keyboards that have the extra keys for gaming or internet use, you still have to grin an bear it. Sure you can read about taking it apart and carefully washing it and drying it, or spraying it with some sort of contact cleaner, but the bottom line is its going to fail. The tiny foils underneath won't take much abuse.

The best thing is prevention. We all take keyboards for granted, but your computer isn't much good without one. One tiny drop of soft drink, or coffee, or any like substance that has sugar in it will ruin a keyboard in seconds. One tiny tiny drop.

Do you eat potato chips while you are computing, then wipe your fingers on the nearest available pant leg and continue typing? The salt residue on your fingers is shortening the life span of your keyboard.

Do you smoke while you are at your computer? Not only does smoking gunk up your keyboard, but also the internal parts of the CPU. I have actually seen computers where that stuff had to be scraped off like a paste.

This is only several examples of common things that can stop your keys in their tracks, when you least expect it. You know what to do to prevent it, but most don't worry about it. If you keyboard happens to be attached to a laptop, then situation critical gets more critical.

It's worth thinking about, and worth doing something about.

Of course you could always go out and get yourself one of those rubber flexible keyboards that are waterproof and just about anything proof.

-=One Day At A Time=-

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