Random keys stopped working after installing Strawberry Perl (latest version), might've been that or my cats
I don't know if installing Perl is definitively the crux of the issue, but Esc, the Windows key, f7, H, G, Q, W, E, R, U, I, O and P keys do not work anymore (typing this w/ the on-screen-keyboard).
I went to great length to make sure i was doing everything right while installing Perl, as well as to make sure it was a legit file, that the website i got it from was legit. Nothing looked sketchy while or even after installing it, but now the keyboard is being fucky.
Everything else seems to be just fine, and i have a few key-caps missing (old HP Laptop), but it started out with adding a "U" after i typed an "H", and the O key brought up some weird screen splitting settings instead of typing the letter.
None of the key are stuck, at least not physically. Pressing them harder also doesn't do anything.
I also have 2 cats who LOVE lying down on my laptop/keyboard if i don't stop them, and while i didn't see them do that, it's possible one of them did and pressed the right button combo to activate the cursed selective keyboard locking feature or whatever this is in the 4 seconds i left to take a piss 😭