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myriaxis
Copper Contributor
Jan 30, 2026
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US International keyboard with dead keys not working

Hi, I'm a big fan of the US International keyboard since Windows 7. As you know, the US International keyboard layout uses specific keys (like ') as "dead keys" to create accented characters by press...
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    myriaxis
    Jan 31, 2026

    Hello, it turns out that my PC was infected with a malware.

    As I said, just after the startup sequence, if I quickly log in and open notepad, the US International keyboard works fine for the first few characters typed. So, I checked the Task Scheduler and found three unknown processes being started after logon: "CrashReporter.exe" in the "Internet Explorer" folder, "One Browser" update process and a suspicious "Rar64.exe" process. After disabling all three, the US International keyboard works as expected.

    So, I cleaned up everything and my PC is back to normal.

    Issue fixed and closed.

myriaxis's avatar
myriaxis
Copper Contributor
Jan 31, 2026

Hello, it turns out that my PC was infected with a malware.

As I said, just after the startup sequence, if I quickly log in and open notepad, the US International keyboard works fine for the first few characters typed. So, I checked the Task Scheduler and found three unknown processes being started after logon: "CrashReporter.exe" in the "Internet Explorer" folder, "One Browser" update process and a suspicious "Rar64.exe" process. After disabling all three, the US International keyboard works as expected.

So, I cleaned up everything and my PC is back to normal.

Issue fixed and closed.

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