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...That you can actually put your keyboard in a dishwasher so long as you don't use any soap (or sanitize cycle or anything like that that would melt the plastic), and then leave it out to dry upside down for a few days at least. I'm not exactly sure where I heard this, but is this madness or is it OK to do? What do you guys think?
P.S. I've never tried this, and do so at your own risk.
-Gatsby
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Are u sure? That'd be interesting if it true
What are you read at ?
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Michael Rawi wrote: Are u sure?
Positive. Come to think of it, I think I heard about this on a t.v. show about personal computing when I was scanning through the t.v. wasteland one day... I'm not 100% positive, but I'm pretty sure that's where it came from.
-Gatsby
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Some keyboards can be put in the dishwasher. Most of them cannot.
Those flexible silicon ones can for instance. Out of the regular ones most of them cannot, but some can go in the dishwasher. If your keyboard can it will say so on the box or on the product's page of the company that made it. If it don't mention it, then it don't go in the dishwasher. Plain and simple.
They are very scarce too. For instance I mostly use Microsoft's keyboards and I can tell you that none of them can go in there. I don't think logitech has any either.
Dewm Solo - Managed C++ Developer
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The following is a true story:
We have a guy here at my office that has one of the older "original" Microsoft Natural keyboards, that they no longer make. He spilled a soda on it a couple months ago, and it stopped working. Figuring he had nothing to loose, he tried the whole "dish washer" thing, and it worked; and amazing enough, now so does his keyboard.
Now, if you ask me, I would NEVER put my keyboard in the dishwasher unless something happened to it like what I just described above; it's just not worth the risk. Well, at least for me and the keyboard I use, which also cannot be replaced.
But in his situation, it did work, and he's still using that keyboard.
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Try it and report back. But have a backup handy.
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Isn't it easier to just not make it messy in the first place. Then you can save time by not cleaning it. Plus I have the advantage of being American. If it gets dirty, I'll just throw it away and buy a new one 
Hogan
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snorkie wrote: If it gets dirty, I'll just throw it away and buy a new one
Typical Use-And-Throw policy. But that wouldn't be environmentally friendly, unless recycling is enabled right?
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Only if your computer inherits from the CleanableProduct base class or implements ICleanable interface.
WM.
What about weapons of mass-construction?
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If I have a windex bottle in the same room I tend to clean the keyboard more frequently. If it gets too dirty after years of use I just buy a new one being that a quality new keyboard can be had for less than $20US.
John
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Any that don't shake out stay in.
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Yup
Turn it upside down, bang it a couple of time and sweep whatever falls out into the bin. Does that count as cleaning?
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Hi,
why is it only the professional edition of XP that supports keyboard cleaning!? When I clean my keyboard, or any keyboard, this leads to keys being pressed and released. Who knows what sort of havoc this might wreak on a system if no precautionary measures are taken?
At work, where I have XP Professional, I can hit CTRL+ATL+DEL followed by space, entering keyboard-cleaning mode (obscurely enough aka "locking the workstation"), but this mode seems not to be supported on the Home edition, where instead the Task Manager appears when I hit CTRL+ALT+DEL. This is no good as there are no keyboard-cleaning tasks listed in this useless "manager"...
Does anyone know if any third party software exists to enable keyboard-cleaning under XP Home?
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you could do a shutdown first, couldn't you ?
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Or just unplug the keyboard during cleaning.
John
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Try Windows Key + L
This will lock XP pro, it may work on home as well.
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Thanks. And I was using the ctrl-alt-delete then select it from the dialog every night before I leave work...
John
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Google for: Pitaschio 2.13
Dewm Solo - Managed C++ Developer
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Turn it off for a few minutes?
Works for me, although I admit I would never really USE XP Home edition 
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Yeah, it's called UnplugTheKeyboard.exe
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I didn't know keyboards needed cleaning! I occasionally have to pry of a keycap to retrieve fragments of chips or breadcrumbs though...
Apathy Rules - I suppose...
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The closest for me would be "When I can no longer make out the letters on the keys" however, since I'm a programmer I don't look at the keys  , I've used them for so long and so often I know their location by heart.
A more sensible answer would be when I can no longer press the keys.
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Ed.Poore wrote: A more sensible answer would be when I can no longer press the keys.
Ewwwww 
I have this mental picture of sticky, sludgy keys that leave tendrils of goo stuck to your finger when you try to pull away from the keyboard.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Ewwwww
Not that bad, just when the keys begin to get sticky or look completely disgusting 
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Well, i don't actually look and the keyboard while typing so its more important to me that the keys work properly. As long as the keyboard types correctly, it doesn't matter what lies beneath the keys or what kind of stuff get compressed under the keys.
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