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Posted by Kerry Brown on October 14, 2006, 12:10 pm
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related to the delete key. Go into the keyboard options in the Control Panel
and change the Repeat Delay to as long as possible. Does this change the
behaviour?
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Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
Martin wrote:
> Hi Kerry. It's not a keyboard problem, because the deleting of emails
> and text doesn't happen as soon as the machine is started up. There's
> a time delay before the machine starts misbehaving.
>
> Martin
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> It sounds to me like a keyboard problem with the delete key being
>> stuck.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry
>> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
>>
>> Martin wrote:
>>> I've encountered a Virus issue that I can't solve. Please can you
>>> help. I've got an HP notebook running Windows XP.
>>> The symptoms are:
>>>
>>> - The Delete Key has been disabled (Also Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work)
>>> - In Outlook Express, emails get deleted from the Inbox and put into
>>> Deleted Items before my eyes. This happens very quickly and is
>>> triggered when I try and reply to an email.
>>> - In Word, sentences are rapidly deleted from the page,
>>> automatically.
>>> - When clicking on a file or folder on the desktop, the 'Confirm
>>> Folder Delete' dialog box comes up, and refuses to disappear when
>>> you select 'no'.
>>>
>>> I've tried re-building the machine using the system recovery CD's
>>> but the problem still exists - even after wiping the hard disk.
>>>
>>> Suggestions please - this problem is driving me mad!
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> PS: Would reinstalling the BIOS solve this?
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