Re: Zero key produces a "/", help
From: Bill (willat_at_optonline.net)
Date: 04/05/04
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:37:57 -0400
"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
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> "Bill" <willat@optonline.com> wrote:
>
> >I have an IBM Thinkpad A30 2652-cu7. It is dual boot, Win98se and WinXP
> >Pro. In XP when I press the numeric "0" key, it produces a "/". It
works
> >normally when I am in Win98 (like right now).
> >
> >The "0" key has the ")" on top for when it is shifted, and has the "/" on
> >the lower right, next to the "0". I am not sure what key combo produces
the
> >"/"
>
> That small "/" in the lower right probably is telling you what the key
> yields when the machine is in numeric mode. Laptops don't have a
> separate numeric keypad, but usually you can press a combination of
> keys to switch make a section of the keyboard act like a numeric
> keypad. Apparently when you boot XP that's being done automatically,
> somehow.
>
> On my Compaq laptop I'd toggle that function using the Fn and Num keys
> (if I remember right, I don't have it in front of me) simultaneously.
> You may have to read the docs that came with your Thinkpad to figure
> out what it uses.
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> MS MVP(DTS)
> Slattery_T@bls.gov
It was locked on numlock, by pressing the fn,shift, and numlk keys. I never
noticed before, but those numbers are arranged like a desktop's number pad.
Thanks for the help! BTW, this is due to my 16 month old daughter pounding
on the keys, which she loves to do. She has produced some weird things,
like left clicking with the mouse on an object bringing up the properties
sheet, or dragging an item on the desktop producing a copy of the item.
This is the first time that it hasn't been solvable with a reboot.
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