To start, try another keyboard. I have seen similar problems with keyboards
going defective.
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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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