How to Fix an HP Laptop Keyboard That's Not Working

Once you’ve restarted, check your keyboard to see if it is responding.

Some HP laptops have a shortcut that will allow you to lock your keyboard to prevent unwanted touches.

Doing this should unlock the keyboard so it will begin responding again.

Remove and turn off any external keyboardsconnected to your laptop.

If you’re using an external keyboard with your laptop, it might not recognize the built-in keyboard.

Despite being useful, Cortana can sometimes interfere with other functions on your laptop.

Try disabling it to see if it gets your keyboard working again.

You spend a lot of time at your system.

And you shove it in your laptop or bag and carry it everywhere.

It’s to be expected the keyboard is going to get dirty, and this can cause problems.

Give it a good clean and then see if it starts working again.

trigger the troubleshooter, and work through any suggestions it returns.

Outdated or corrupted drivers could prevent your keyboard from connecting and responding.

Check your keyboard language parameters.

Try an external keyboard.

Disable other input methods.

However, it can also interfere with your keyboard.

Try disabling ctfmon.exe to see if that might make your system default back to the keyboard.