That's exactly what it was! I'm such an idiot! Why didn't I think of that? Geesh! It just weirded me out.
Thanks, P. --- In [email protected], "N. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It sounds liked a jammed key on the keyboard. > > > --- In [email protected], "pekoe4849" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > The weird thing is that today (and it happened once last week.) I > > opened the Search window to search for a file name and when I put > > the cursor in the name box to type the title that I was looking for, > > it proceeded on it's own the make a long, long string of dashes. I > > mean, it just kept going, like a computer posessed. I backspaced to > > erase them and it just put them in again. I closed the Search window > > and decided to just search through my folders myself. I clicked on a > > folder to search, and again, it took over, changed the name of the > > folder to a line of dashes that just wouldn't quit. I got out of > > that and went back to my root directory to look at all the folders > > under it. Sure enough, the folder I had been going to look in still > > had it's name changed to "`````````````````````````". They're not > > really dashes, it' the symbol that's below this "~" on the first key > > on the numeral row. I forget what that's called. > > > > I scanned with SpySweeper and Norton WinDoctor. SpySweeper didn't > > find anything and WinDoctor found some wrong ActiveX things and lost > > shortcuts and fixed those. When I opened the search window again, > > though, same thing happened. > > > > AVG is supposed to be scanning at bootup for viruses, as well as for > > incoming and outgoing mail. > > > > Can someone help me exorcise this deamon? > > > > Thx, > > Diane > > > > P.S. I have a dual boot, so when boot my computer, I usually get the > > choice of Win98 or XP. I have it set to wait 3 sec, then open XP. (I > > never use Win98 anymore, but it seems like to much trouble to get > > rid of it.) However, for the last few days, it just sits at the > > choice screen and never goes on to open XP until I hit the enter > > (because XP is highlighted). What's going on there? Is this part of > > the above problem? If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
