Re: Tab key acts like Alt+Tab - bug - Why & How? - Article 1215 - go-pugleaf

Article View: algonet.pc.windows95

Article #1215

Back to algonet.pc.windows95 Previous Next

Re: Tab key acts like Alt+Tab - bug - Why & How?

#1215

From: Charles Hooper
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:00

17 lines
2021 bytes

Sarah King <sarahk@salestech.co.nz> wrote in article
<01bc7528$7e73ef40$07b91bca@pc507>...
> We've had 3 instances recently on 3 different pcs running different apps
> (word 7 and win 95 being the only common factors) where the Tab key
> suddenly starts acting like the Alt+Tab key.  Solution - reboot.  Cause -
> does anyone have any ideas?  It doesn't seem to recur but it'd be nice to
> know why it happens....

You probably have a Windows 95 keyboard on each machine.  Sometimes
modifier keys such as the Windows key, Alt key, and Control keys get stuck
- where Windows reports that the key is down when it physically is not. 
The simple solution is to press the Control key, Windows key, and Alt key
three times each.  This should correct the problem of the keys sticking.

Good luck,
Charles Hooper

Technical Details

Message-ID: <01bc753b$afdf52a0$79b38ecf@default>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References: <01bc7528$7e73ef40$07b91bca@pc507>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: f80df,bdac62921e75737d,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidf80df,public
X-Google-Thread: fde9e,bdac62921e75737d,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidfde9e,public
X-Google-Thread: 114543,bdac62921e75737d,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid114543,public
X-Google-Thread: f6d47,bdac62921e75737d,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidf6d47,public
X-Google-Thread: f5f83,bdac62921e75737d,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidf5f83,public
X-Google-Thread: 103714,bdac62921e75737d,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid103714,public
X-Google-Thread: 157897,bdac62921e75737d,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid157897,public
X-Google-Thread: 1020d9,bdac62921e75737d,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid1020d9,public
From: "Charles Hooper" <hooperc@pathwaynet.com>
Subject: Re: Tab key acts like Alt+Tab - bug - Why & How?
Date: 1997/06/10
Message-ID: <01bc753b$afdf52a0$79b38ecf@default>
X-Deja-AN: 247324405
References: <01bc7528$7e73ef40$07b91bca@pc507>
Organization: Triton Technologies, Inc
Newsgroups: algonet.pc.windows95,alt.os.windows95,alt.os.windows95.crash.crash.crash,alt.windows95,alt.windows95.beta,bofh.osfh.win95,microsoft.public.win95,netcom.uk.support.win95

Reply to Parent Message