Hi again Peggy, Your comment on the insert key prompted me to do some checking and here is what I found. All this shows is that different manufactures do things different and you need to do some playing to see what works.
I did some testing on 3 computers. A desktop with a standard full-size keyboard, a Toshiba notebook (no separate number pad) and an Asus netbook. As one might expect, the full-size keyboard performed exactly as expected. I was able to use both insert keys to perform various functions including insert-t, insert-numpad-8 etc Next I tried the Toshiba laptop and found that I was only able to use one of the insert keys for each function and which one depends on where the other keys are. For example, When performing tasks that require the embedid numpad (j k l ...) I had to use the imbedded insert key FN-M. The other insert key (the dedicated one) will not work in this case. When doing other commands such as ins-t, ins-r, ins-b etc, the embed insert key (FN-M) will not work but the dedicated insert key works fine. Finally I tried the Asus netbook. On this machine, either insert key works fine for tasks such as ins-t, ins-r ins-b etc. However, the dedicated insert key can not be used with the embedded keypad because the FN-INSERT key is the numlock so you can not press FN-INS-8 so in that case you must use FN-M-8. Now, that is about as clear as mud! <grin> The bottom line is, if you try one of the insert keys and it doesn't work as you expect, try the other. Some of these might be finger twisters, but about the only way to figure out what is going to work for you is a lot of trial and error. Have a nice rest of the weekend! Scott -----Original Message----- From: Peggy Kern [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 7:28 PM To: GW Micro Subject: Strange response to insert-t Hi, all. I tried doing insert-t on my netbook (once I located insert) to check the time, but instead of saying the time and date, WE said the title of the application I was in. I double checked with key describer to make sure I was using the right keys, and I was. Even key describer didn't recognize it as the time/date hotkey. Is there some other way I'm supposed to do this with a netbook, or could this indicate that our netbook is interpreting the insert-t as something else, and I'll have to find out what once my husband and I can go through the manual? Also, speaking of time, I installed the hourly chime script on the netbook, and right around 3:00,I lost speech and had to reboot. I'm thinking netbooks can't handle multiple sounds, so I uninstalled the script. Do any of you guys use the hourly chime script on your netbooks? Peggy http://kernsac.livejournal.com http://facebook.com/kernsac __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4441 (20090919) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4441 (20090919) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4441 (20090919) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
