Dusting Laptop keyboard

Question

Is there a way to temporarily disable a laptop's keyboard in order to clean/dust it off, other than having to turn off the computer?

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '11 at 10:07

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Well, you could lock the screen win-L on windows or do something similar. You could probably also disable it from device manager.

I'm sure there's something similar on linux, but that is heavily desktop environment dependent.

answered Nov 18 '11 at 10:07

Journeyman Geek

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score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 18 '11 at 11:22

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You can get a can of compressed air which will clean the keyboard without actualy pressing the keys.

edited Nov 18 '11 at 11:22

daxelrod

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answered Nov 18 '11 at 10:14

ben950

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 18 '11 at 12:17

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Open up a text editor and let that take the hit - or use a natural bristle brush (no static build up) with long hairs so that there's little pressure on the keys/gaps.

answered Nov 18 '11 at 12:17

Linker3000

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 18 '11 at 17:14

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You can also just sleep you computer instead of turning it off.

answered Nov 18 '11 at 17:14

Benjamin Crouzier

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 18 '11 at 13:22

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You could try KeyboardLocker to lock your keyboard , some key combinations will still work but its unlikely that you would press them , while cleaning.
Here is a how-to for the tool.

answered Nov 18 '11 at 13:22

Shekhar

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Dusting Laptop keyboard

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