On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 10:08:11 +0100, Steve Borrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Ok, maybe a dumb question, but I don't think this is related to anything I
> >installed, so I will ask.
> >
> >I press SHIFT often to select multiple files, etc. If I hold it down for
> >a few seconds, I get a BEEP from the box.
> >
> >Is something going on that I don't know about?? Built-in of some kind??
> >
> >
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> >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
>
> This sounds like your keyboard buffer is filling up. You are effectively
> sending
> keyboard actions to the system faster than it can action them, so the PC beeps
> at you to let you know.
> However, I have only ever really come across this with the typematic keys
> pressed,
> and SHIFT is not normally a typematic key. Perhaps you have a strange config,
> or keyboard, which has enabled the SHIFT key as typematic?
> Anyhow, the upshot is that it shouldn't be a problem, just a bit of a pain
> in the "ears"
> ( rearrange letters to form suitable expletive )
ROTFL! Very clever :)
> Steve.
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan
"The nice thing about standards is that you
have so many to choose from."
-- Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 2nd ed, p.25
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