title: Cmd Prompt not detecting keyboard input
body: <p>I originally posted this question on TechNet, but thought StackOverflow would be better!
  <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d0eee59e-3a40-4502-a896-d818758e6c45/cmd-prompt-not-accepting-or-isnt-detecting-my-keyboard-input" rel="nofollow">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d0eee59e-3a40-4502-a896-d818758e6c45/cmd-prompt-not-accepting-or-isnt-detecting-my-keyboard-input</a></p>
  
  <p>I have a fairly odd problem, one I've never encountered before. Actually, I'm not sure that anyone has ever encountered this problem before. Googling doesn't seem to turn up anything useful, but hopefully someone here can shed some light.</p>
  
  <p>I'm trying to create a key store for signing an android app for the android market place. I've been following the instructions found here: <a href="http://www.thomasmortensen.com/index.php/71-android-keystore-jdk" rel="nofollow">http://www.thomasmortensen.com/index.php/71-android-keystore-jdk</a> </p>
  
  <p>I've found the same instructions on other websites too and as far I can tell I'm following them correctly.</p>
  
  <p><strong>This brings me to my problem:</strong> As I begin executing the "-keygen" command it seems to work fine and I am presented with the first field I need to supply to create the keystore - the keystore Password. However as I begin to type I notice that none of my input is being reflected i.e. I don't see any <strong><em>*</em></strong> or any other text.</p>
  
  <p>As far as I can tell, at this point the only input it accepts is the enter key. If I hit enter and leave the value blank it eventually quits the command, getting me back to square 1.</p>
  
  <p>My keyboard is in perfect working order and I'm very sure that I'm entering in all the relevant fields correctly up until that point, so I was thinking it something to do with Cmd Prompt... could it be?</p>
  
  <p>Shortly after I tried on my PC (Windows 7 Ultimate), I tried to do this on another 2 computers, one running windows 8 (Pro) and the other windows 7 (Ultimate) and both result in the same outcome... </p>
  
  <p>Makes me think this isn't something to do with Cmd Prompt!? :\</p>
  
  <p>Has anyone encountered this before?</p>