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Originally posted by Adeptus
The Windows keyboard shortcut for standby is such that even stuck keys couldn't produce it (it's a sequence of Winkey+U, S).
I would suspect that the computer doesn't go into standby, but instead doesn't turn on (or shuts down when the keyboard is plugged in) because of an electrical short in the keyboard. So, you should start shopping for a new one (and hope you haven't smoked your USB ports).
It does in fact go into standby because on my Win XP machine it says : "Preparing to go into standy-by."
When I plug it into my Win Vista machine, it does the same thing when you press the red power icon in the start menu.
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