Are all your fans working, and nothing is overheating? On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 7:50 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Mark Roberts > >> John Coyle wrote: >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> Can you remap the windows key operation to a function key? I don't even >>> know if that is possible >>> but it sounds reasonable, I think. >>> >>> On 15 December 2012 13:30, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Drat. >>>> >>>> IBM 101-key click keyboard - no windoze keys. I'll have to look around >>>> and see if I can scrounge up a spare windows-keyboard. Hate to give up >>>> my good keyboard. I just love the feel of typing on this thing. >>>> >>>> FWIW, it's been doing this maybe once or twice a month for years & >>>> doesn't seem to be getting any worse. >>>> >>> On keyboards lacking a Windows key, Ctrl+Esc can be used instead. >> >> >> You know, a cheap thing to try would be just getting a new keyboard. I >> wouldn't put the keyboard itself at the top of the list of potential >> culprits but it's worth a shot. > > > Current "plan" is to see if a new video card might do the trick (as you > suggested) and download a new mouse driver (per P.J.'s rogue DLL > suggestion). > > I may have a spare windoze keyboard around here somewhere, and if I run > across it I'll give it a try. I don't think that's the problem though > because John Coyle's Ctrl+Esc does work to toggle the start menu when > it's not frozen and doesn't do anything when it is. I'd already tried it. > > Other than that, I guess it's just something I'll have to live with > until this computer gets so old & decrepit it's no longer suitable to be > used as my "goofing-off-on-the-internet" computer. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.
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