I was staying with my cousin for 2 weeks. When I left to stay with her my computer worked fine.They don't have internet, so i didn't do much typing,but once down there we did go somewhere and used the wifi and my computer worked there as well. That was the last time I typed for the whole 2 weeks. i did use my computer alot for watching dvds late at night seeing as they didn't have cable either. I hit the sticky keys alot and I am hoping that screwed up my space key somehow, I did try some sticky key tricks that I looked up but they didn't fix the problem. I am really hoping that its some kinda sticky key thing and may be those instructions weren't detailed enough for my laptop. I just got this computer last july from QVC.Its a Chiclet style keyboard. Hp pavillionDv7.