Bernie,
Odd as it may seem, some people have more electrostatic energy than
others. We had a user at a location who could crash any computer she
touched. We gave her an anti-static chair mat, we gave her a static drain
touchpad, we set up a humidifier next to her work area. All she had to do
was touch the keyboard and the computer could lock up. This was many years
ago, and I don't recall the ultimate solution, but I'd suggest trying a
different brand of keyboard on this person. Normally I'd expect that a
person with excessive electrostatic energy would cause the keyboard to lock
up rather than store unwanted keystrokes, but stranger things have
happened. Also check out his "grounding". It could be the interaction
between his chair and the carpet, it could be the fabrics in the clothes he
wears, etc. Since you have already determined that "all other things are
equal" the issue has to lie in this realm.
>We had the user log on to the Novell system, launch RBase, and typing with
>only one finger recreate the problem. As testing proceded through several
>days he could log on any machine as anyone and the form exit popup would
>appear. One other user at the location started having the problem but five
>others did not. The "finger of death" user could go to a machine where one
>of the users, not having a problem, was working and cause the problem to
>appear.
>
>The code was scanned for KEYMAP settings and there weren't any.
>
> The whole situation has proven too wierd and this will be my last
>word on it unless I come up with an explanation for what is causing it.
>
>Bernie
