I periodically experience a typing problem when I'm typing posts. Suddenly out of nowhere the cursor moves to replace the following space with its letter. I don't know what causes this nor do I know how to stop it. It is annoying because every edit I do on a post ends up deleting all the following words/spaces. I basically have to re-type the whole post. Any ideas about what this is or how to correct it?
Apologies - can you clarify what the issue is... not sure I can picture what you mean by "replace the following space with its letter", unless you mean perhaps you have pressed the "insert" key? But I'm sure it's not that simple so please can you clarify? Thanks.
I checked that "insert" key and it didn't seem to replicate the problem. Little did I know there is a key right beside it (F12) that shuts off access to the internet! It goes orange when you hit it and I've been trying to get back on for the past hour. Why on earth would they have a key like that?
Correction! It IS the insert key. Apparently I sometimes hit this key by accident when I hit backspace and that does it. Thank you both so much for this help. This has irritated me for a long time.
I get a lot of raised eyebrows at my office because, every keyboard I use, I tear off the INS key as well as the CAPS key. Those two keys are WORSE than useless.
That's your wifi button. Mine is located to the right of F12 though. There's a little picture of a radio tower on it. I imagine that turning off wifi will conserve your battery power when you're not plugged in (obviously only useful when you're working off-line anyway). Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I would second this, and quickly say F11 is right up there (why did my browser's menus go away? How do I move!!!!) as well as the touchpad disable keys (MY MOUSE STOPPED WORKING ON MY LAPTOP, IT HELP ME!)
My brother has been ripping the Caps Lock keys off his keyboards ever since the Commodore 64 days. I'm less hardware-oriented than he is so I just curse and swear at the problem (it just did it again, GOD DAMN IT!) - which is not as effective but almost as satisfying. The Insert key is less of a problem because it changes the cursor. I have also had a problem with my laptop (Vista) which I have never had with my other machines (XP, Win98): something - I think it's Ctrl+K - causes quotation marks and other useful characters to be replced by gibberish. Ctrl+K brings it back, anyway, but I have to duplicate the tab to avoid losing what I'm trying to post. If there was a way of disabling that @#$%ing "feature" until the end of the universe, it would be a good day.
http://www.conversationexchange.com/resources/keyboard-language.php#vista Alternatively, you may have "EN" (or some other language indication) somewhere on your taksbar. You can change your setting through there as well.
It makes a snapshot of your computer screen. Go to Photoshop (or whatever program you use) and 'paste'. Example: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Back in the old days, we used to think printing the screen was cutting edge. People would be visibly impressed.