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

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From: Paul
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:00

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E. Christie wrote:
> 
> 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....
> >

Sara, I have seen this too.  Rebooting clears it up when it happens, but
of course that is not the most convenient thing to do.  I think it is a
Microsoft Software bug, as I see it when MS apps are loaded on to Win95.

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Date: 1997/07/20
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