My Windows 10 laptop thinks that the Windows key is stuck. I have tried to clean it, but my guess is that it may be a heat problem. I tried booting a Ubuntu OS, but this gave the same results.
If I press any key that is part of a Windows key shortcut, it will perform the shortcut. I tried to uninstall the drivers, but the keyboard had the same problem. I would like to run RegEdit, but pressing the "r" or the "e" takes me to the relevant shortcut window. If I do not touch the keyboard, then (about a minute later) a random shortcut window appears and it has focus.
If I could somehow delete all copies of the i8042.sys file (using a USB OS), and reboot without a Wi-Fi connection, then there wouldn't be any driver, and I could possibly use an external USB keyboard.
The on-screen keyboard shows the Windows key as being pressed.
I cannot move the SSD drive to another laptop, because of the skills required to disassemble it.