| wdevauld: Thank you for your suggestion.  It worked wonderfully.
 Shortly after posting this question, the download for the Ultimate Boot CD finished.  I booted up the computer and still had the ghosted backspace key.
 
 You have NO idea how disappointed I am because I thought I may stumble upon a really difficult to place computer virus and learn a few things about the innards of Windows (as we so often do in these cases).
 
 Now I have to tell the owner of the laptop that he must buy a new one (or give his left arm to repair this one).
 
				__________________"You looked at me as if I was eating runny eggs in slow motion." - Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip
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