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re: Infinity symbol inserted, etc.
Friday, October 12, 2007 at 2:20 pm
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Posted by Ed (741 messages posted)


At the very least, you have a dead CMOS battery.

Start by replacing it. Read this thread: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1192223573

You might also have a hardware fault. Try testing for this by replacing the keyboard with a known working keyboard.

Ed




On Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 8:06 am, mag wrote:
>Whenever I type in either my Netscape browser or Word, the infinity symbol (horizontal
>8) is inserted haphazadly. This first occurred when I hit the delete key or backspace.
>Now it seems random. Then the cursor is automatically moved to the previous line
>(in the middle of a word) or elsewhere. Today an address was inserted in the recipient
>list of an email and I didn't save that address to the address book! Sounds like
>a virus. I explored macros, hot keys, etc. to no avail. Also, my clock resets itself
>to 1999 every time I shut off the computer. Suggestions?


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Infinity symbol inserted, etc. (mag: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 8:06 am)

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