I'd say it is a Keyboard issue. Has nothing to do with Windows 2000 Pro. I have used it the day it came out and never saw this. Of course they were always clean installs. But one thing you may be unaware of and that is Active Desiktop in Windows NT 4 doesn't work well. In fact if Windows NT 4 has IE 5 on it (the default in Windows 2000 you know) I could probably crash the Windows NT 4 system right now. I don't know if they fixed that from NT 4 to Win 2000.
The test is right-click the taskbar choose Properties | Advanced | Remove... That should crash NT 4 with IE 5.
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"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message news:42f500c6.104702140@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> Here's a mystery for you hardware experts. We're talking about Win2K
> Pro. Prior to installing it I ran NT4 and did not experience this
> problem. It began when after I installed Win2K. One other thing, I did
> a so-called In-Place Upgrade - that is I installed Win2K over NT4.
>
> Here's the problem: When I am typing and backup to clear a typo there
> are certain keystrokes which automatically cause the INS key to toggle
> to the overlay mode. Normally I keep it in the insert mode but when
> this problem occurs it mysteriously changes as though I have hit the
> INS key.
>
> To make sure I am not accidentally hitting the INS key (I have the
> standard Keytronics 104 KB) I put a paper clip in to restrain the
> keys. I run with the numerical keypad out of NUM mode, so the INS key
> is not the zero key but the Insert key.
>
> After 5 years of using Win2K I have not been able to catch which
> editing sequence invoked this mysterious toggle. I know that it
> involves correcting a typo inside a sequence of text. The problem does
> not occur when the correction is done to the end of a sequence.
>
> For example, consider this typo:
>
> This problem is really a nuisdnce - I wish I could fix it.
>
> After having typed the sentence above I look up from the KB (I am not
> a touch typist) and discover the error. Then I cursor to the word that
> is wrong, backspace to the typo and edit the error. That's when the
> INS toggle occurs because when I retype the rest of the word I erased,
> it overwrites the next part of the sentence because INS has been
> toggled off.
>
> I do know that there are keystroke combinations that will invoke other
> editing changes like to a different font or something. I just need to
> find the one that changes the INS toggle and then find out how to
> disable it - and all other embedded editing "features" I don't want.
>
> Anyone know what is happening?
>
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