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

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From: Kerry Lee High Jr
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 00:00
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In microsoft.public.win95 Paul <me@antiSPAM.com> wrote:
: 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.

Hitting the key that is messed up seeme to fix it for me... When the bug 
with the alt key happens, I just press both alt keys, and it always fixes 
it. I've seen it w/ non-ms programs, and if my memory is right, win3.1
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From: Kerry Lee High Jr <khigh01@umr.edu>
Subject: Re: Tab key acts like Alt+Tab - bug - Why & How?
Date: 1997/07/28
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