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skysky69
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OK, I don't know how we have managed to do this or why it keeps happening but it is bloomin annoying.
Whilst typing away, in the last month, if I am typing a reply to a thread on here, or on any other website, I press certain keys and it opens new tabs, starts underlining things, brings up the find box. I haven't intentionally done anything that I can think of that would make this happen. It gets annoying because as a qualified secretary, I can type at 100 words a minute and I know that "normally" in word etc, pressing Ctrl and U would cause the underline function to come on, but I am not pressing that, I am just pressing the normal keys and strange things keep happening.
Any ideas?
Whilst typing away, in the last month, if I am typing a reply to a thread on here, or on any other website, I press certain keys and it opens new tabs, starts underlining things, brings up the find box. I haven't intentionally done anything that I can think of that would make this happen. It gets annoying because as a qualified secretary, I can type at 100 words a minute and I know that "normally" in word etc, pressing Ctrl and U would cause the underline function to come on, but I am not pressing that, I am just pressing the normal keys and strange things keep happening.
Any ideas?
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First guess would be a keyboard fault. If it's a desktop PC, have you tried borrowing another keyboard and tested that?0
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No, its a laptop. No idea...Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no. 607 - Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts :T
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Well initially it sounded like the Alt key was intermittently sticking, but if it only happens with your browser, and not with other programs then it can't realistically be a keyboard problem.
If it is only browser-related, perhaps you have had something (e.g. a Browser Helper Object) installed that is not behaving properly.
Have you tried downloading and using an alternative browser such as Firefox to see if the problem exists with that?0
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