[techtalk] problem

Lindsay Walker Lindsay.Walker at portfolio.co.uk
Wed Oct 6 14:16:34 EST 1999


Is this still happening after you rebooted? I've never known a reboot 
to not solve this type of problem (except in the case that you had a 
virus).

Lindsay
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> Ok this problem doesn't directly relate to Linux, but...
> 
> Evidently while I was at work, my roommate was on my computer at home 
> (running win 98) and my cat jumped up on the keyboard.  He hit SOMETHING, 
> and all of a sudden the computer went crazy.  Windows started openinng, 
> and when you close them more opened up.  If you got a window with a space 
> to type in, numbers started being typed in (it was the # 4 I think) ... 
> like a turbo button got pressed or something.  I have no idea what the 
> cat hit.  Is there some sort of combination of keys that would do this on 
> a regular windows keyboard, and if so how do you turn it off? (I don't 
> really want to buy a new keyboard....)
> 
> Di
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