Ctrl key on my keyboard goes into "sleep periods" and is not registered the first time I press it

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Hello, I've had an ongoing problem with my Ctrl key for about 2 years:Windows sometimes does not register when I've pressed the Ctrl key for keyboard shortcuts (copy, paste, etc.)For example, pressing Ctrl+C will type the letter "c" instead of copying textHowever, if I pressed the Ctrl key in the past 5-10 minutes, then it will work just fineIn other words, there are "sleep periods" during which my Ctrl key doesn't workIf I press the Ctrl key during a sleep period, Windows will not detect that the Ctrl key was pressed but will instead switch from a sleep period into a "wake period"These wake p

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