Remote Desktop Keyboard Doesn't Work

I was working in RDP the other night when my keyboard quit working. I am not sure what I did, but I can't seem to get it working again. The keyboard works fine when not in Remote Desktop. Please help!

Solution 1:

First: Check your RDP-Session Options: In Local Resources you have the ability to set Keyboard: On this Computer

If that doesn't work: Control Panel - All Items - Ease of Access Center - Make Keyboard easier to use and disable the Filter Keys (on the remote computer)...you may have accidentally set this with a key combination.

Solution 2:

I've found that often after an RDP session the local machine keyboard control goes haywire in Windows 7. Sometimes it stops working or the keys do funky things (such as typing a letter will minimize all screens instead of type the letter) happens on all of my Windows 7 machines too.

I've found to get things back I hit the "Windows" key to the left of the keyboard. It will open the Start menu but for some reason after that everything works again.

Solution 3:

If you are using multiple monitors, move the screen to the other monitor and try to type.

If you can, then move the screen back to the other monitor and you should still be able to type. I have no idea why it happens, but this fixed it for me.