Question Physically disabling a key

[Moderig]

Greetings,

I have a somewhat old laptop that is generally working fine, but it has one main problem: the numpad "+" key will go on and off as if someone is holding it from time to time, and this will happen for random amounts of time. For a temporary fix I have detached the internal keyboard ribbon cable, but it would be preferable if I could only disable the numpad "+" key or the numpad part of the keyboard itself. Is there a way to accomplish this physically or digitally?

 

[Saga Lout]

Assuming a version of Windows, does the same behaviour show up if you the On-screen Keyboard?

 

[Moderig]

Now that the physical keyboard is disabled, no. Before the removal, yes, but I'm pretty sure it was independent of whether the on-screen keyboard was ever on or off. Hope that answers your question

 

[Saga Lout]

You don't need to take that single key, just don't touch it. If you stay in lower case and touch that key; it should product a "=" on the screen.

Does that cause any trouble?