Comments on: Hands-on with Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v3

By: Phil Washko

Phil Washko — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:26:34 +0000

Excel function key fix: use the Function Lock key (to the right of the F12 key). This Enables the standard function key actions such as F2 to edit a cell.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:14:26 +0000

I am frustrated because 3/4th of the time the keyboard sticks-I can’t ttttype thhhhe letteeeeeeers or it types more than one letter as you can see. Can’t seem to find any assitance on line either

By: James

James — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:52:12 +0000

I have had the keyboard and mouse for one complete day and it is already starting to irriate me a BIGTIME. To type a capital letter, I have to hit the ‘caps lock’ twice; the shift key produces nothing. To access my email, I have to go to the internet and find the equivalent of a ‘capital 2′ and then copy/paste the character into my email account. While the keyboard is attractive and very comfortable, the technical group who created it should be shot. There is no indication where the keyboard was manufactured but my guess is CHINA.

Other irritations are trying to figure out how to use the shift key to produce capital letters or access the upper row of characters located above the numerals; trying to find out how to do a ‘question mark’; quotation marks; right and left upper brackets; the plus sign; exclamation mark; producing a backspace delete for numerous letters by hitting the backspace only once rather than hitting it 6 times to delete last 6 characters; hitting left and right cursors once to go back or forward more than once to locate a letter for a correction and on , and on, and on.

So Microsoft, your overall design is an abysmal failure. only to be surpassed by your lack of support. In summary, it’s an excellent choice if you want to irritate someone endlessly. Otherwise, avoid it.

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:00:54 +0000

When I use Excel 2007 with this keyboard – the F2 edit key does not function as the edit key – it functions as the “undo” command. Has anyone else had this problem – and does anyone know how to make the F2 key work as the edit key as it should with the Excel 2007 program?

By: oliver

oliver — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:07:54 +0000

why does the shift key on the wireless keyboard 6000 v.3 not work?

By: Darryl

Darryl — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:04:55 +0000

Hey, guys. I first had trouble with this keyboard when I plugged it in. It would stop working every 30 mins or so. If I waited 5 minutes, it would work again.

Then I got a USB extender from another keyboard set and put my transceiver in the USB extender. This way the transceiver is on the desktop instead of in the back of the computer. (much closer to the keyboard and mouse)

I found that this eliminated the not working-ness that I was experiencing.

Moral of the story: Microsoft sucks at doing keyboards. And Microsoft’s wireless technology has a range of a whopping two feet!

By: pardot

pardot — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:50:11 +0000

Phew, I am relieved!

My old Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v2 just broke down, but luckily it was 3 month before warranty expiration I will get this (v3) new one as a replacement and I was worried about performance. But after reading this review I am really looking forward at this new one. Just must wait few more days, until it arrive from warehose

By: avoidz

avoidz — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:29:14 +0000

To those with StickyKeys, why not just turn off the shortcut for the feature in Control Panel?

By: avoidz

avoidz — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:27:45 +0000

I had a couple of Microsoft keyboards in recent years, and both suffered keyboard failures very shortly after use. I swapped one and got another which also failed. I swore off Microsoft keyboards from then on and have never owned another since. A shame, because the earlier keyboard models from about 10 years ago had no problems. Different factory in China, perhaps? (Microsoft mice still seem to be reliable, however.)

By: aj

aj — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:11:10 +0000

i have never bought a keyboard that didn’t work before, this is amzing. lets hope this is not a sign of where microsoft is headed. the keyboard looks nice feels nice but dosn’t work. the shift key doesn’t choose the upper case characters. btw:that is why i am typing this all in lower case. you can get it to shift charactersby first selecting the character then hitting the shift key. doing that leads to something like this fF you then have to go back and delete the lower case character. i also found that the control key works the same way.
as far as the software there is a nice zoom feature and the quality of the zoom seems good but… if you then search for a string of characters it finds them and highlights characters to the left.
it appears the repeat when you hold down a key doesn’t work either.
thats all i have found but i have only been using the keyboard for about a half hour or so.
it looks from other posts i am not the only one seeing these problems. i figured it was just my keyboard and was going to return it and try another. i guess not.
i long for my old ibm xt keyb oard that click click click it looked and felt just like a typewriter, the good ol days.