Re: holding down shift too long
From: *Vanguard* (no-email_at_post-reply-in-newsgroup.invalid)
Date: 04/26/04
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:59:01 -0500
"Steve N." said in
news:x18jc.10079$eZ5.6807@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:
> *Vanguard* wrote:
>> "Steve N." said in
>> news:psQic.11528$e4.7008@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net:
>>
>>> *Vanguard* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> "mike" said in
>>>> news:0A3B3EA8-2BAA-47C9-B32F-DFBF5A87BEAA@microsoft.com:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> i got a message while i was playing an online game..held down
>>>>> shift for more than 8 secs...it then let me check a box to stop
>>>>> it.....oooops.now i cannot type but one stroke a sec..where is
>>>>> that screen to fix it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That an accessory (for the handicapped). Peculiar your game
>>>> doesn't override it (or maybe your game is really old, runs in a
>>>> DOS shell, and you didn't disable the key(s)).
>>>>
>>>> Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Accessibility -> Accessibility
>>>> Wizard
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>> Accessibility Options in Control Panel
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like you enabled FilterKeys.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yep. Another feature in XP that often backfires. Imagine a lab of 30
>>> PCs in an elementary school where little kids are learning typing.
>>> Need I say more?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>>
>> If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP to just teach kids how to type
>> then you're going to have to disable a LOT of the operating system.
>> Name me one piece of computer hardware or software that won't
>> "backfire" with kids. Just take a look at all the adults that have
>> problems with it (and Unix, MVS, HP-UX, Linux, or whatever floats
>> your boat).
>>
>
> The lab is not just for teaching the little kids typing. Older kids do
> Powerpoint presentations, write documents, etc. The machines are
> locked down pretty tight and a lot of stuff IS disabled in the OS,
> this one
> snuck up on us. The Accessibilty options stuff are OPTIONS that should
> be set by default to be OPTIONAL. If it's needed then enable it, not
> have it sneak up on unsuspecting users (and it gets adults, too,
> obviously).
>
> I don't understand why some get into this defensive comparison between
> Windows and other OSes. What's the point? We all use what we use for
> whatever reasons we have. I'm not bashing M$, I do however believe an
> awful lot of optional features should have been left OFF by default
> because the majority of people don't need them. If I buy a house does
> it automatically come equiped with a wheelchair ramp and a handicap
> accessible bathroom?
>
> Steve
I wasn't bashing Windows. I bashed them all. To me, the operating
system is what you use to run your applications. You pick your critical
applications first and THEN decide on what platform they will run and
where they run best. The nature of computers guarantees they will
maintain or raise your level of frustration.
There is a lot of fluff bundled with Windows. I would prefer to NOT
install it in the first place and later add it when and if needed rather
than figure out how to yank it out. Microsoft probably considers a
FULLY customizable install something that rare few users would want or
even understand and, unfortunately, they're probably right. Usually
it's a waste of time arguing the "should's" and instead focus on the
"what now's" and "can do's".
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