Re: Virus Symptoms ?

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Responding to Patrick Keenan--Delete key works fine in Microsoft Word. Keyed
in a string of characters, moved cursor to the left with the mouse (or arrow
key) and the delete key deleted all the charcaters back to the cursor.

"Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Joton" <noto3@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Responding to Ken Blake. Can I put the cursor on the character, yes. The
cursor moves by the mouse, yes. Also, arrow keys move, yes. Nothing
happens when the delete key is press. Backspace will erase. So I can
finish a phrase and if an error is noted I can back space (deleting as I
go) to the error. Also the left arrow key allows for a return to the
error without deleting. Then, backspace to delete the incorrect character
and type the correction to insert.
First occurred a few days ago and I have had several reboots since then.
Restored to a point prior to the problem and this did not correct the
problem.
ps: corrections made in the spell checker dialog box function okay.

Does the delete key work anywhere at all? Say, in Notepad?

Chances are good that it's a hardware problem, corrected by replacing the
keyboard. If you've got access to another one you can borrow briefly,
you'll know for sure in a few minutes.

HTH

-pk


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Joton wrote:

What are a few early symptoms that might indicate a machine might be
inffefected? Note I did spell check this but at present I can't
delete any character and make correctios.


What does that mean? Can you put the cursor on the character? Can you
move the cursor with the mouse? Can you move it with the arrow keys?
What happens when you press delete? What happens when you press
backspace? What happens when you type a character there?

How long has this been going on? Have you rebooted since it began? Have
you tried to restore to a Restore Point created before this started?

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Sorry. Is this a sign of
infection or is there a fix for lost ability to delete? All recent
anti-virus scans have come up clean.








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