Disable Keyboard With Stuck keys

Spattykins

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I have a gateway ne series laptop and I recently had a small spill on my keyboard. Needless to say, the entire keyboard shorted and now must be replaced. Until then, I still want to be able to use my laptop using a usb keyboard. My only issue is that the 'social networking' key is constantly sending signals as if I had pressed the key. I managed to delete the social networking app but the key remapped itself to the start menu. Since doing that, I downloaded a classic start menu program so now all it does is open and close the start menu in the corner. I'd like to know if there's some way to disable the hardware keyboard or somehow have the computer stop accepting keystrokes from the broken keyboard? I have the means to disconnect the ribbon cable for the keyboard but I've been informed it'll fail the 'post-test' and not boot up if I disconnect it. Thanks for any advice.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
If you can get to Control Panel and just disable laptop's keyboard (don't uninstall it) it might stay that way even after reboot.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
I've tried going into the device manager and it never gives me the option to disable it. There must be some place I'm not seeing that has just a disable option without having to uninstall it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
Oooops, looks like there's no disable an an Asus laptop either (just checked on one), there's just uninstall but when you do that it shows up again when restarted. If you unplug it you'll probably get that stupid message "No keyboard present. press F1" which is completely idiotic. How to push button on something that does not exist ?
There might be a slight run around. If there's a setting in BIOS, something to like " Stop at all errors" or "Stop at all errors except keyboard" and you turn it OFF then you might be able to continue with BOOT even without that keyboard being present.
You can also try to get in the BIOS using an USB keyboard and if you succeed you can disconnect laptop's keyboard.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
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