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

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From: E. Christie
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:00
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It happens to me with the 'Win' key. I didn't know why. When I was typing,
explorer, find, run etc kept appearing becuase the win key kept acting. 

I cured the problem by hiiting the win key with my hand a few times. 

Maybe your 'Alt' key is stuck?



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....
> 
> Sarah King
> sarahk@salestech.co.nz
> 
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From: "E. Christie" <ewanc@globalnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Tab key acts like Alt+Tab - bug - Why & How?
Date: 1997/06/26
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