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    very ODD phenomenon! CTRL key problem

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by icekoala, Nov 10, 2006.

  1. icekoala

    icekoala Notebook Guru

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    I just got a problem with my keyboard ctrl key, which can be 100% reproduced by following steps:
    1. keep the mouse focusing on "my computer" window or "desktop"
    2. press either of "ctrl" keys
    3. the whole desktop is refreshed once; the taskbar disappears and comes out again; any open window is closed.(It performs like ending and starting the "explore.exe" thread in windows taskmanager.) Weird... can ctrl key do this?

    However, if let the mouse focus on other applications, say notepad, firefox and WMP, ctrl key behaves normally.
    I guess there might be a missetting or something, any idea? guys

    Thanks in advance!
     
    icekoala, Nov 10, 2006
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    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    Have you assigned anything to CTRL+(click,rightclick,etc),try disabling each...
     
    mujtaba, Nov 10, 2006
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  3. icekoala

    icekoala Notebook Guru

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    Nothing has been assigned to CTRL key or related operations. Ive tried to enable /disable option that show location of pointer by pressing CTRL key, but such odd behavior still exists.

     
    icekoala, Nov 10, 2006
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