On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 05:54:48 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

For example, a friend of mine has an issue right now where
about every 5 or 10 mins, his PC momentarily stops accepting input
from the keyboard and just sits there for 20 or 30 secs.

I've seen erratic behavior in keyboards due to the driver. Another
place to look / try is Keyboard Properties in the Control Panel.

- Character Repeat
- Repeat Delay
- Repeat Speed
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Somtimes you just have a bad day at the dungeon